Archive for the 'Open Public Networks' Category

Networking From the Rooftop

Friday, August 29th, 2003

Mesh networks are maturing - Networking From the Rooftop: MIT researchers are developing new routing strategies for a wireless network that hops data in the roofs of the city.
Fun facts:

The total cost of the equipment for each node is $685.
Instead of finding the shortest path between two nodes, their protocols try to find the […]

Broadband over Power Lines is “Spectrum Pollution”

Wednesday, August 20th, 2003

I always thought that delivering broadband internet over power lines was a great idea; however, it looks like there are some drawbacks that need to be considered. A Slashdot thread about the use of amateur radio during the NY blackout linked to this ARRL article in which the ARRL President claims that “BPL (Broadband over […]