WiFi Petition

[shaunsred]

Nifty app.

Thanks.

[Lord_of_War]

Nifty app.

Thanks.

It works.

[Arcanist]

Lol, still only one signature

[pokeguy8018]

Well I'm now convinced that it was a bad idea but it was just a little idea and theory I had and i was wondering how people would react to this. Anyways thanks guys for your input even thought there is still only one signature XD. If I could take down the petition i would :/

[HarryDresden]

The idea itself isn't bad, it's just the issue of two main problems; If someone gives you access to it, they have control of it. Government controlled internet would have no neutrality, it would be one-sided as what the government wants. Censorship would be rampant, and they would be able to cut it off at any point in time.

The other issue is that the wireless standards aren't prepared for something like this. With Wireless AC and WiMax about to be implemented, it'll be a possibility (WiMax having a maximum range of 2 miles per AP). The issue is building a network on one standard across an entire nation, the idea is simply mind boggling, not to mention how much it would cost and what company would do it.

What I would like to see is individual companies such as Google, Microsoft, Starbucks, etc, etc, set up AP's in a wide-net over city-wide areas, and create better security for personal users (Another issue of being on the same network, it's much easier to break in.) Wireless AC is about 5 years out from widespread implementation, WiMax is still Military Installations only at the moment, because the FCC is looking into it possibly crowding the airwaves. I'm hoping that we'll start to develop wireless using IR technology as well, that would give us another band to use, and make it that much harder to intercept signals, but that's a whole other bag of worms.

[Scruffy]

[Lord_of_War]

He should have taken it to 4chan.

[Chakravanti]

Incidentally, when y'all get done with econ101, there is a viable effort to fulfill this demand privately. So, instead of voting, petitioning, asking someone else to do the goddamn shit for you, subsidize the costs, etc. if you truly believe that pervasive worldwide wireless internet access should be a fundamental social infrastructure like highways and plumbing, go fucking build that shit yourself like everyone else who agrees AND knows what's up:

https://projectmeshnet.org/

[borka]

@Chakravanti

ah finally someone posted the url

thought i'd be too technical for most so i didn't

ty!

[Chakravanti]

thought i'd be too technical

Currently, yes. In near future, the goal is for a design capable of deployment with zero technical knowledge or understanding. Like BTC, the sooner you get on board, the more profitable it will be for you as the network builds itself self-mapping around your node and earns you access credits which will deflate to be worth orders of magnitude more once the masses get their easy-to.