The freedom box appears to encrypt your traffic and allow you to surf the internet anonymously. It does not appear to be creating a mesh network or telco replacement.<br><div><br></div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 9:36 AM, Richard Knechtel <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:richard.knechtel@gmail.com">richard.knechtel@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">One thing to think about is the setting up of the old BBS system again. That was accessed via phone lines. If you could get the old BBS's to work with cell phones that might be an option.<br>
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On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 6:37 PM, <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:dennisjperkins@comcast.net" target="_blank">dennisjperkins@comcast.net</a>></span> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204);padding-left:1ex">
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<div><div style="font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">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?
<br><br><span><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/16/nyregion/16about.html?ref=todayspaper" target="_blank">http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/16/nyregion/16about.html?ref=todayspaper</a></span></div></div><br></div><div class="im">
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