[p2p-research] New Wi-Fi Direct Gets Peer-to-Peer Connections - PC World

[Eugen Leitl]

On Fri, Oct 16, 2009 at 12:34:49PM -0500, Kevin Carson wrote:

> Seems relevant to discussions of whether the Internet's servers are
> reslient enough to survive prolonged, widespread rolling brownouts

Anyone can roll own your own internet, or Internet these days.
802.11n mesh with satellite dishes goes a long way, but of course
you can light up fiber with cheap GBICs low-Watt with up to 140 
km ranges, though monomode splicing takes equipment in 10 kUSD range and
a semiskilled operator (can be rented or contracted out).

If your budget is much higher (though LEO launch costs are
dropping, and hardware is getting cheaper and smaller), a 
cloud of 3.5/4 G low LEO microsats or even balloons can easily 
offer global coverage. Even a single multi-TByte SSD maildrop 
passing overhead shouldn't be underestimated.

> from Peak Oil and a tsunami of bankruptcies.  Local open manufacturing
> networks and peer networks in the cognitive realm could still function
> based on local point-to-point meshworks, or computer-to-computer phone
> links, even without the Internet.

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