Mesh networking: the next big thing?

From	RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com>
Newsgroups	comp.misc
Subject	Mesh networking: the next big thing?
Date	2014-05-04 21:26 +0000
Organization	solani.org
Message-ID	<lk6bai$8da$1@solani.org> (permalink)

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From the «I meant fishnets, not the Internet» department:
Title: Why Mesh networks look like the wave of the future
Author: Ben Zigterman
Date: Fri, 02 May 2014 22:00:53 -0400
Link: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheBoyGeniusReport/~3/ao9s7FfnGZs/
Podcast Download URL: http://2.gravatar.com/avatar/eb88d0cb561276fd5fc48fe11d32a8c1?s=96&d=identicon&r=G

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If you want to connect to the Internet today, you need to connect to one of
the major ISPs, such as Comcast[3], Verizon, or AT&T. These companies are not
exactly everyone’s favorites, but what if you could connect to the internet
by connecting to a network of nearby computers instead? Well, that’s the idea
behind mesh networking, a fascinating technology that could become much more
mainstream, thanks to Apple’s inclusion of it in iOS 7[4].

Continue reading...[1]
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Links:
[1]: http://bgr.com/2014/05/02/what-are-mesh-networks-used-for/ (link)
[2]: http://c2.bgr.com/2014/05/networktopology-fullyconnected.png?w=452 (image)
[3]: http://bgr.com/tag/comcast/ (link)
[4]: http://bgr.com/2014/03/24/ios-7-mesh-network-feature/ (link)
[5]: http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheBoyGeniusReport/~4/ao9s7FfnGZs (image)

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Mesh networking: the next big thing? RS Wood  <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-05-04 21:26 +0000
  Re: Mesh networking: the next big thing? Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2014-05-05 09:53 +0000
    Re: Mesh networking: the next big thing? RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-05-05 11:33 +0000
      Re: Mesh networking: the next big thing? Oregonian Haruspex <bob_davis_retired@yahoo.com> - 2014-05-05 15:30 -0700

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