An Internet Giveaway to the U.N.

[Steve Litt]

LOL, I did everything but answer your question, which was "what is the
problem with using the existing Internet:

1) In dozens of ways, including the "UN connection", or government
   snooping or corporate snooping or other ways I haven't begun to
   think of, the Internet and/or its associated DNS system could "go
   bad".

2) The current US Internet horribly underserves a lot of rural
   communities.

3) In most US locations, connecting to the Internet is an oligopoly,
   with the attendant high prices and lower quality.

It's possible (though challenging), that a network created and
maintained by private citizens could help all three situations.

SteveT


On Tue, 30 Aug 2016 00:33:38 -0400
Steve Litt <slitt at troubleshooters.com> wrote:

> 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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