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@linux any global mesh networks that could replace ISP's?

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[–] wildbus8979@sh.itjust.works 25 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (4 children)

How do you expect to cross the oceans? RFC1149?

[–] AbouBenAdhem@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago

Sharks with laser beams!

[–] skillissuer@discuss.tchncs.de 11 points 2 years ago (1 children)

packet radio probably, but i hope you like BBSs because 9600bps is blazingly fast over this medium

[–] wildbus8979@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

I also hope you don't intend to communicate anything that requires security or privacy because, assuming you mean HAM bands in HF, then you can't encrypt anything.

[–] skillissuer@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

that's another big limitation

there's probably a way to use encryption over HF, but this would require some kind of commercial license

[–] wildbus8979@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I mean encrypting the data is the easy part, doing it legally is the hard part. Good luck getting a world wide multi-station license....

[–] stown@sedd.it 7 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Hear me out - you could run, like, a sneaker-net but with cargo ships!

[–] luthis@lemmy.nz 8 points 2 years ago

The bandwidth on that would be just insane. Pity about the latency though.

[–] VENMusica@mastodon.social 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

@wildbus8979 I'm not sure, I just thought it would be awesome yo have a fully p2p internet

[–] wildbus8979@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

You want it meshed or P2P? These are not the same thing...

[–] VENMusica@mastodon.social 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

@wildbus8979 a mesh is a network of p2p devices isn't it? Please explain the differences

[–] wildbus8979@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 years ago

P2P implies that peers talk to each other directly. In a mesh configuration peers talk to each other via other peers.