We have meshtastic, which is a mesh network for radio communications. How can we create something like that for the internet? And, ideally, how do we then host the fediverse platforms on it?

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[–] 58 points 6 months ago (9 children)

The internet is a mesh network already.

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  • [–] [S] 22 points 6 months ago (7 children)

    Well how do we make it even more meshy

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  • [–] 1 point 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

    Our 200km run of fibre isn't the only one where losing it will take us offline like what happened in 2012 with the striking railway guy hacking at a trunk box in the wilderness with an axe.

    No. We had redundancy: a whole other company who, when they got bought by a third party, consolidated their links for efficiency -- and located our backup run right alongside the primary, one so it got hit with the same axe in the next chop.

    To be fair, there were a LOT of fibre runs on that route, so a lot of us tanked that afternoon.

    But that's not very meshy.

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