Re: [PLUG] Newsweek: "Dictator-proofing the Internet"

[Art Clemons <artclemons@aol.com>]

On 02/08/2011 02:15 PM, JP Vossen wrote:
> Topical wrt the "mesh" discussion.
> 
> http://www.newsweek.com/2011/02/06/dictator-proofing-the-internet.print.html
> 

It's a nice idea and it might even function for a limited number of
users, but the throughput has to be horrible.  The other problem though
is that first a connection has to be made to the internet for it to
offer access to the outside.

That being said, there is another usage for such a setup and that's
offering the ability to communicate with others nearby, which might be
even more important than internet connectivity.

Finally as a sort of question for Doug Crompton, how much throughput
could Amateur TCP/IP deal with now in an emergency?  I suspect Doug can
figure out why I ask this question.
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