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[-] Eldritch@piefed.world 1 points 5 months ago

Definitely. The conditions that created this version of the web have been gone for some time now. We've gone from connections that were temporarily and required hours to download a few minutes of postage stamp sized video. To always on connections capable of streaming multiple HD streams faster than real time in both directions.

For my part I'm also looking in to purchasing and trying to set up a small Adhoc mesh Halow network and running a few services on it for myself and any others in the neighborhood that are interested. A small, free (after the hardware) anarchist wireless network. 16mbps can do a lot with simple services, etc.Plus, if a number of people in the area decided to adopt and contribute more nodes to the mesh, you could go faster still.

[-] shortwavesurfer@lemmy.zip 0 points 5 months ago

That sounds like a fantastic way to go. You might also look at meshtastic.

It's a much different use case, being for text messaging and stuff like that only. But, while it may be low bandwidth, it's still incredibly interesting.

[-] TheMadCodger@piefed.social 2 points 5 months ago

I jumped on Meshtastic but found it got too congested with noise in a medium-sized city making it difficult to get much out there. Switched to Meshcore and have had a much better time communicating. Seattle's full on made it equivalent to SMS, which makes me jealous. But YMMV 🤷🏼‍♂️

[-] mesamunefire@piefed.social 1 points 5 months ago

https://reticulum.network/ is also pretty good for small info packets. Does a LOT more than meshtastic...but its VERY difficult to set up. Or at least it was for me.

Its a pipe dream but having small internet without a major ISP would be fantastic. But it will never happen as it is. Friends are thinking of creating a meshnet though just for fun.

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