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Who's responsible when someone torrents copyrighted material through that Internet exchange point? "NYC Mesh will comply with all federal laws in the countries it operates, however, as policy, no data is collected and therefore no data exists to provide requestors." This is cute, but if you aren't hunting down people abusing the mesh, the whole connection to the internet will go away for a ToS violation.
I'm in NYC. I know a few people who played with it. It barely works. I'm all for this kind of tech solutions, but for crying out loud pretending that this is a replacement for ISPs in NYC really discredits techies.
Why doesn't a startup run their own fibre? Are building owners that protective? Actually scratch that, I tried getting a 1 gig cross manhattan link. Cost more than 1g to London.
Is there an inexpensive point to point technology that isn't hampered by rain?
This stuff is cool and maybe useful in far-fetched scenarios, but it's not going to replace ISPs anytime soon. Mesh networks don't make economic sense in most circumstances. Also, I'm guessing that users share the same IP address, which can cause problems. Plus, if one user is doing something illegal and causes the supernode to get shutdown then no one on the mesh network will have access to the internet. Addition: q…
All networks, including us, add to this expensive infrastructure. The difference with our infrastructure is it is owned and shared by members.
This sounds neat. Is anyone working on something like it in the SF bay area? I know there's Webpass and Monkeybrains, which are great, but I'd love to be part of a community-owned, actual mesh network.
I'm curious about the technology they are using. Is it an actual mesh network or point-to-point wireless?
This sounds neat. Is anyone working on something like it in the SF bay area? I know there's Webpass and Monkeybrains, which are great, but I'd love to be part of a community-owned, actual mesh network.
I'm in NYC. I know a few people who played with it. It barely works. I'm all for this kind of tech solutions, but for crying out loud pretending that this is a replacement for ISPs in NYC really discredits techies.
I'm in NYC. I know a few people who played with it. It barely works. I'm all for this kind of tech solutions, but for crying out loud pretending that this is a replacement for ISPs in NYC really discredits techies.