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Anyway, I think this is a really good idea, but won't mesh networks be really slow? I mean with large networks where the signals have to be pushed on by several nodes in between.]]>Aug 8th 2006 8:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/08/green-wifi-project-promises-to-bring-solar-powered-wifi-to-devel/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/08/green-wifi-project-promises-to-bring-solar-powered-wifi-to-devel/
Slow? Yes. Faster than nothing? Absolutely.

After all, we're talking about bringing communications to areas where the only other alternative could be expensive satellite phones.

Still, I do have to ask some questions that other people are muttering around the web: Wouldn't it be better to get these people good education/jobs/decent local government/clean water/regular food/etc before we start giving them unlimited youtube.com access?]]>Aug 8th 2006 9:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/08/green-wifi-project-promises-to-bring-solar-powered-wifi-to-devel/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/08/green-wifi-project-promises-to-bring-solar-powered-wifi-to-devel/Aug 8th 2006 10:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/08/green-wifi-project-promises-to-bring-solar-powered-wifi-to-devel/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/08/green-wifi-project-promises-to-bring-solar-powered-wifi-to-devel/
One question I have: Will upstream communities hold downstream communities as bandwidth hostages if there is a single bridge point? That is, what is the social side of OLPC mesh?

http://www.olpcnews.com/internet/access/the_social_side_of_m.html
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>>>Cheap is relative to other factors - I'm not sure what the going price and availability of PVC is in India, for example. Probably the last thing they want is for a wifi network to work for a year or so and then have the country littered with these batteries and pvc frameworks. Does it even need a frame?

Anything on the node that is not widely available and cheap in the country where it is placed will fall into this category. More importantly, anything on it that can be put to a 'higher use' (maybe those pvc racks make great clothes dryers!) will be.

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