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shcrane71

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2. I read an article in, I believe, Scientific American that stated

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Mon Mar 19, 2012, 02:01 PM

Mar 2012

that mesh networks could prevent a top-down black out as happened in Egypt. But it seems, one would still need to go to one of the few large ISPs for a T1, T3?? line?

Theoretically, is it possible for separate networks to talk to each other? In other words, could these networks become so large as to connect people from different cities? I have a very rudimentary understanding of networking. My apologies if these are dumb questions.

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Does anyone here have a mesh network in their community? [View all] shcrane71 Mar 2012 OP

You'd still want a hook-up somewhere... Dead_Parrot Mar 2012 #1

I read an article in, I believe, Scientific American that stated shcrane71 Mar 2012 #2