[wsfii-discuss] [TIER] The alternative Internet, WiFi based (Project Kleinrock)

[Chris Wilson]

On Sat, 23 Jul 2011, L. Aaron Kaplan wrote:

> in Austria (Funkfeuer.at) we are slowly expanding to a nationwide mesh 
> network. There are tests underway to create a cross country 
> (Slovenia-Austria, Slovenia-Croatia) connection. The Ham people already 
> have something like this running - for emergency cases: 
> http://wiki.oevsv.at/index.php/Kategorie:Digitaler_Backbone (red links 
> are working links, green under construction and blue planned ones)
>
> So - to be precise - for a country wide backbone network with Wi-Fi - 
> yes, this is totally doable. But as Alexander already wrote, not with 
> self made antennas (they are just simply cheaper to buy and more stable 
> and they have a better quality than FabFi style antennas). Other issues 
> might be more important. For example: stable electricity.
>
> In case you need further information on how we plan links and how we can 
> create a country wide network, feel free to contact me.

Thanks Aaron and Alexander and all for your valuable input :)

Cheers, Chris.
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