On Thu, 27 Mar 2003, S Woodside wrote:Unless you're using some Microsoft Internet(tm) that I don't know about,I'm talking about a viral internet, where the mesh grows without central control.
that's the current status quo.
No, it's not. Everyone has an ISP, or a provider of some sort. The core of the internet may act without central control, but anyone who subscribes to an internet certainly has a central controller -- the ISP. If you are multihoming then the technical issues become difficult.
I want to put my neighbour on the internet without making any payments except for bandwidth, without technical hassles, without calling the ISP and asking for permission, without getting an ASN, without needing a contractor to set up the network. That's the CWN dream isn't it? I'm talking about what's needed to do that - multihoming, routing, BGP, whatever, these are all relevant to that and all IETF. So don't tell me this isn't an IETF issue.
Are you joking, or are you really too clueless to do basic arithmetic?Ideally extending the reach of the internet is just a matter of plugging in a box that has line-of-sight to at least one other node in the wireless mesh.
Are you seriously interested in what I'm talking about or just interested in shooting it down? Just because it doesn't match your idea of how the internet works, or should work, doesn't mean it's not a good idea with major demand and tons of useful benefits.
simon
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