On Thu, Jan 28, 2021 at 1:39 PM Michael Richardson <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Dave Taht <[email protected]> wrote: > > It might be useful for some of us to crash this. I've always kind of > > thought that having a "router reclamation center" where users could > > drop off old, but reflashable routers, and get theirs reflashed with > > openwrt, might be a useful government program. > > YES. Like a needle exchange. > It makes huge sense because of the pandemic (need for fq_codel), and because > of the national security risk of these old devices.
Well, the request for comment lasts a while longer, it was the roundtable that I'd like to at least get a question in on. I would not mind trying to flesh out this idea with a couple co-authors, (hint hint) for submittal to the program. 3.8b for better bandwidth for the underserved ain't scratch, and even a tiny slice of that would go a long way 'round here. But merely raising awareness that there is an internet problem that can be solved within this program with huge benefits, for next to nothing, would make me happy enough. > Ideally, it would take any router at all, and would properly dispose of those > devices which are deemed way too old. (If there were 1000s of some > unsupported model, then maybe someone would start hacking...) T > > -- > ] Never tell me the odds! | ipv6 mesh networks [ > ] Michael Richardson, Sandelman Software Works | IoT architect [ > ] [email protected] http://www.sandelman.ca/ | ruby on rails > [ > -- "For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Mother Nature cannot be fooled" - Richard Feynman [email protected] <Dave Täht> CTO, TekLibre, LLC Tel: 1-831-435-0729 _______________________________________________ Bloat mailing list [email protected] https://lists.bufferbloat.net/listinfo/bloat
