The argument comes from a single viewpoint. There will be occasions where it is not a sufficient solution in and off itself, but will form a component, at least when discussing censorship and politics. There are more ways to communicate than just voice - data such as location information, photos, videos, etc. They greatly increase the possibilities of a mesh network. Also, as I indicated, there are hybrid cases - as in the Serval model, where one may end up on infrastructure at some point in the mesh - which would be, by desire, safe infrastructure. Also, what we are looking at with Trusted Users and other forms of security will greatly enhance its usefulness in this area. Maintenance is a non issue as we are mobile phone based - simply enter and exit the mesh as needed. Antennas - umm, what antennas? Ok, if you WANT some, they could be hooked in to a hybrid system - but the Serval mesh is not reliant on them, (well, if nit picky, only inasmuch as using the ones built in to the handset;) ) The rest of the hardware arguments are, again, defeated by mobile phone usage. As for breaking routing, we are taking multiple attacks on this, from developing increasingly better protocols, to working with the IEEE on improved standards. Sorry, I just don't see his point - but then, I am lucky enough to be working on a project which is leading the way in mesh networking:))) He is wrong, but he has good points about education and things to protest. However, one of us should contact him to explain there are better options than what he has encountered. And maybe these are good rebuttal points for the FAQ I am building for website? r:) Romana Challans http://servalproject.org Phone : (+61) 0403865721 Skype : timelady On Sun, Nov 27, 2011 at 7:17 PM, Alasdair Mclellan <alasdair@servalproject.org> wrote:
Hmm, There are a bunch of good points in this article, but none of them take into account the simple facts that; 1) An unplanned mesh is better than nothing (and 'nothing' is our primary use case), and 2) Everyone has a handset. Replacing the Internet with an unplanned mesh is, indeed, hard - especially when you need a dedicated node type to do so. Using people's existing handsets changes the game a bit (although exactly how much remains to be seen). Just my quick $0.02. Cheers, -- Alasdair.
On Sun, Nov 27, 2011 at 5:54 PM, Ben Hughes <ben@benrhughes.com> wrote:
http://sha.ddih.org/2011/11/26/why-wireless-mesh-networks-wont-save-us-from-...
Via hackernews. Would be interested in hearing what tguys think, seeing as you have lots of real-world experience.
Ben
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