An Internet Giveaway to the U.N.

[Steve Litt]

You (Keith) mentioned the UN/DNS connection, and the non-political
portion of the thread flowed from possible solutions if the UN thing
ever came to pass. Eventually it got to mesh, or peer to peer, or
whatever you call it, and one person said he wished the solution's
communication points could span a mile. I suggested a laserbeam, and
somebody suggested the Ubiquity Networks equipment, and I responded
with it being a good idea with some big challenges.

SteveT

On Mon, 29 Aug 2016 19:38:44 -0700
Keith Smith <techlists at phpcoderusa.com> wrote:

> What is the problem with using the existing Internet?
> 
> 
> > No doubt that's fascinating. From a brief read it seems to fit the
> > bill quite nicely from a technological viewpoint.
> > 
> > Some potential challenges remain:
> > 
> > A lot of people would be willing to buy a $100 repeater for the
> > good of the community, but $999, probably not. Those who purchase
> > the $999 would probably resell, and control, etc.
> > 
> > It's proprietary technology, which doesn't cross my eyes too much,
> > ASSUMING all proprietorisms are self-contained. What would be a
> > problem would be Windows-only control software, or inability to
> > connect via normal hardware and software connectors to a machine of
> > any random OS.
> > 
> > Then there's the problem that if we ever got this no government, no
> > corporation network running, Google or Sprint or Amazon or T-mobile
> > or whomever could buy Ubiquiti Networks, Inc. and install backdoors,
> > listening posts and tollgates to basically ruin what we did and use
> > it for their cash cow.
> > 
> > None of the potential problems I stated above should detract from
> > investigating Ubiquiti Networks or similar equipment. It's really
> > got some potential.
> > 
> > 
> > SteveT
> > 
> > Steve Litt
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