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Holy shit ... downloading a steam game will cost more than the game. They already get VAT on the connectivity. First - IT in Hungary dies. Second Hungary is o
by venomsnake 12y ago
Holy shit ... downloading a steam game will cost more than the game. They already get VAT on the connectivity.
First - IT in Hungary dies.
Second Hungary is on the bleeding edge of mesh networks.
A 60 cents per terrabyte excise seems less unreasonable.
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- higherpurpose 12y agoI can definitely see wide LANs or mesh networks starting to appear in Hungary, and I can also see the government making them "illegal" within 3 years of them appearing (would probably impact LANs more than mesh networks, but probably not that much either of them).
- ccozan 12y agoActually this smells like a business oportunity from the neighbour Romania providers to offer hi speed microwave / wireless links from over the border. Couple that with a mesh network, you got "free" internet ( as in free speech ).
- fsiefken 12y agoexactly, more power to projectmeshnet.org and serval. they can always resurrect fidonet, it's still in use in Ukraine and Russia. host mirrors of the most popular resources, wikipedia, imdb, gem, apt and git repository's just like in the bbs & ftp days. use goldbug for mail and chat, yacy for a veronica like meshspace search engine and twister and tribbler for p2p blogging and vlogging.
- robotresearcher 12y agoThe monthly cost per subscriber is capped at $4ish.