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Re: Apps use mesh networking to bypass the internet

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On Wed, 2014-04-09 at 14:18 -0800, john wrote: 
> Randy Westlund wrote:
> 
> > On 2014-04-08, RS Wood wrote:
> >> On 2014-04-08, tdk <forum.tdk@squte.com> wrote:
> >> This tech ought to have huge possibilities for the user - imagine apps
> >> that connect you to people you're standing near on the bus, for example.
> >> But before we get any of that goodness I'm sure some dirtbag will use it
> >> for some kind of security hack - now they can get your info just by
> >> standing next to you on the bus, etc.
> >>
> >> Still, I'm curious to see where this P2P stuff leads.
> > 
> > Yeah, this has a lot of potential.  My first thought is a
> > guess-which-person-in-the-room-is-a-zombie game.  But what I'd
> > really like to see is a true mesh that would allow people to pass
> > text along to other users on the network, across entire cities or
> > farther.
> > 
> > I remember when no one could get a phone call through after the
> > Boston bombing, and even SMS was not reliable.  I wonder whether
> > communication would have been better if everyone's phone went into
> > mesh mode, passing text along to only nearby devices with low-power
> > signals, perhaps with an 802.15 standard.
> > 
> > It could act more like bitmessage or usenet, with each phone acting
> > as a node and caching messages for an hour, just enough to make sure
> > they propagate through the network.  Having everyone broadcasting at
> > full power trying to reach a tower clearly didn't work.
> 
> 
> Yeah! I had a similar idea before, only it is to give access to the 
> internet. It would be cool if everyone's wifi router had an open/public 
> channel. It could be throttled, very low bandwidth say 56kbit, and 
> segregated from the main wifi traffic. Could be used for simple messaging 
> applications... like finding my dog :)
> 
> You could make a simple wifi dog collar/locator that would work all over 
> town. To do that today you either have to add a cellular or sat. modem with 
> its subscription costs, or have a high power transmitter designed and 
> licensed.
> 
> Ham radio APRS would work well for this too, but not every dog owner is a 
> licensed Ham operator.
> 
If the transmitter is on the dogs' collar... I think technically the DOG
has to be a licensed Ham operator. And let's face it: A dog like that
isn't going to get lost. Unless he really wants to.

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Apps use mesh networking to bypass the internet "tdk" <forum.tdk@squte.com> - 2014-04-08 16:15 -0500
  Re: Apps use mesh networking to bypass the internet RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-04-08 23:05 +0000
    Re: Apps use mesh networking to bypass the internet Randy Westlund <Vorzakir@invalid.invalid> - 2014-04-09 05:18 +0000
      Re: Apps use mesh networking to bypass the internet john <nospam@no.net> - 2014-04-09 14:18 -0800
        Re: Apps use mesh networking to bypass the internet Robert Hayes <jacklndn@yahoo.com> - 2014-04-10 01:36 -0700
          Re: Apps use mesh networking to bypass the internet polygonum <rmoudndgers@vrod.co.uk> - 2014-04-10 19:20 +0100
          Re: Apps use mesh networking to bypass the internet john <nospam@no.net> - 2014-04-10 13:27 -0800
            Re: Apps use mesh networking to bypass the internet Robert Hayes <jacklndn@yahoo.com> - 2014-04-11 09:56 -0700
    Re: Apps use mesh networking to bypass the internet Gordon Henderson <gordon+usenet@drogon.net> - 2014-04-09 09:15 +0000
      Re: Apps use mesh networking to bypass the internet RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-04-09 21:58 +0000

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