[clue] decentralizing the Internet

[Philipp Giddings]

If they are wifi equipped, it could have limited success in high density
areas, butthat is a giant limit and could not be considered www for sure.
Philipp

On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 5:37 PM, <dennisjperkins at comcast.net> wrote:

> An interesting idea, but I don't see how to make it work.  A wired network
> still leaves us connected to ISPs like Comcast.  A wireless mesh network?
> That would produce mesh islands, not an Internet.  You need a backbone to
> connect them, which brings us back to companies like Comcast.  And what
> would the performance be like?  What about security?
>
> http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/16/nyregion/16about.html?ref=todayspaper
>
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