[Freedombox-discuss] Routing around nationwide and international Internet blocks
The only solution I can think of for this is a modular hardware design at
the physical level that allows for pluggable communication devices. Then
allow individual groups to play with laser links, packet radio, gsm /
whatever in software defined radio.
The problem is mesh networking tends to not work well legally outside of
802.xx standards and 2.4 ghz.
The plugs people have been discussing do not address these fundamental
needs. I think that many members of this group are not concerned with this
feature set.
-Matt
On Sun, Feb 27, 2011 at 2:22 PM, Anthony Papillion <papillion at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>
> 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
>
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