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I ran a mesh networking startup about 2 years ago. A few details about it are here: tricorder.org/eric/uplink.html. From my perspective, there are two main barr
by grizzles 11y ago
I ran a mesh networking startup about 2 years ago. A few details about it are here: tricorder.org/eric/uplink.html.
From my perspective, there are two main barriers:
1) It's hard to explain to customers who are used to the current ISP internet access paradigm. This barrier can be overcome.
2) Not only do you need to win customers, you need to win a critical mass of customers within a focused geographic area. #2 is very, very hard imo.
- contingencies 11y agoFirst up, good job writing up your idea in hindsight. I think it differs slightly from mesh networking on mobiles with high latency transfer expectations / custom apps fairly significantly. You were trying to provide the internet as a service for free in real time, I think the killer app is actually embracing store and forward again. For problem #1, if it works at the consumer level then I think people don't really care about how it works. For #2, I think the current model of 'use free wifi from coffee shops, hotels, bars, restaurants' that seems globally dominant would work fine.