__/ [ Ken Hagan ] on Tuesday 12 June 2007 11:55 \__
> On Tue, 12 Jun 2007 01:24:39 +0100, Roy Schestowitz
> <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> I think it's self balancing (in terms of the load). Apart from the fact
>> that traffic should be encrypted, you also need to find routes that are
>> not overly congested. If you are in a highly populated area, there are
>> many routes you can choose from.
>
> The "mesh" sounds like a text-book description of how the internet is
> supposed to work, and problem of every child in the class piggy-backing on
> one person's connection sounds like the reality of internet access. (Most
> of us depend on a single route for at least some part of the link between
> our machines and the wider internet.)
>
> What part of this is supposed to be new?
This is peer-based mesh, so the routers are not spread around near the nodes.
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