On 02/27/2011 03:59 PM, Michiel de Jong wrote: > > Are there contingency plans being built into the box for this scenario? > What are the options for handling something like this? Is anyone > currently working on this area? > > > yes, search this list and the internet for "wifi mesh". it's more or > less comprised in goal #3 of http://freedomboxfoundation.org/goals/ > > also village telco and serval project are relevant links.
Thanks Michael, I understand how mesh networking works and can see its value in helping the Freedom Box route around trouble spots in the network. So I understand how if, let's say Comcast, decides to shut its users off from the network, a Freedom Box user could use their connection to non-censored friends to still reach the Internet. But here is where it gets a bit tricky for me (and please bear with me as I am still reading messages and getting up to speed): 1. Doesn't this depend on being physically close to other Freedom Box users who are not censored? After all, if you don't have a network connection, you couldn't reach out to remote Freedom Box users who weren't witing wi-fi (or possibly wimax range. What happens if the user is in the middle of nowhere with nobody else using a Freedom Box near them? 2. In the event of a total nationwide block of the Internet, Freedom Box users (again, probably only in semi-near proximity to each other) will still be able to communicate with each other but it would see that the farthest connectivity could go would be a particular national border. At that point, near field connectivity becomes impossible. If, at that point, one could rely on some sort of distance technology (like Sat Com, microwave, etc, couldn't this fairly easily be disrupted by a government? How could the Freedom Box address this? Again, like I said, forgive me if this is all in the archives (and please don't hesitate to tell me 'you'll get to it' instead of answering as I'm going to continue to read the archives) but it seems like these would be pretty major hurdles to overcome. Of course, as I said, this might not even be an issue anymore. Thanks! Anthony _______________________________________________ Freedombox-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/freedombox-discuss
