Wireless Mesh Networks/Motivation

Motivation Below are listed of several reasons on why the "hacktivist" are keen on developing the mesh network technology Digital Divide In rural area, there are often lack of Internet access. There are few projects in the world that tries to bridge the digital divide in the rural area. (1) (India) SARI (Sustainable Access in Rural Area) Mesh network created India to let the rural India have access to Internet http://edev.media.mit.edu/SARI/mainsari.html Sustainable Access in Rural Area (2) (India) Aravind Teleophthalmology Kiosk Mesh network created to let the patients self diagnosed himself in a kiosk and send the results to the doctors who maybe hundreds of kilometer away http://laico.org/v2020resource/files/Atn.pdf Teleophthalmology (3) (Tibet) Dharamsala Wireless Mesh Network In remote northern India region of Dharamsala where the Internet connection is patchy and unreliable, a group of networking experts helped the local people to set up the network.Using recycled PC parts and materials for antenna, they managed to connect over 2000 devices to the mesh networks itself. http://www.npr.org/2006/08/10/5631353/a-wireless-network-for-little-lhasa A Wireless Network for 'Little Lhasa' (4) (Nepal) Nepal Wireless In remote mountain of Nangi ,Mahabir Pun uses TV relay dishes to connect to Internet using the relays of mesh network. In May 2002, with help of university students, the Internet signal from Pokhara is sending Internet signal to Mohare http://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/health/article/1521996/mahabir-pun-uses-internet-improve-life-remote-parts-nepal Mahabir Pun uses the internet to improve life in remote parts of Nepal Service Provider (1) (South Africa) Mesh Potato by Village Telco Mesh Potato is the wifi based mesh network services that provided data and free voice call to anyone in the network http://vc4africa.biz/blog/2012/03/09/village-telco-a-wifi-based-mesh-network-that-offers-voice-and-data-services-anywhere/ Village Telco: A WiFi-based mesh network that offers voice and data services anywhere (2) (Germany) BBNG / Citizen Broadband Network Company In a population of few hundreds people, a small village Löwenstedt decided to take the slow patchy Internet connections by building their own Internet mesh network http://www.thelocal.de/20140601/german-villagers-build-own-broadband-network German Villaers Build Own Network (3) (United States) DBUIA / Doe Bay Internet User Associations A group of neighbours frustrated by the Century Link patchy internet connections decided to establish their own Internet network http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2015/11/how-a-group-of-neighbors-created-their-own-internet-service/ How a group of neighbors created their own Internet service Public Service http://www.strixsystems.com/solutions/government.asp Strix: Government http://whitepapers.zdnet.com/whitepaper.aspx?docid=176166 Mesh Networks: A Revolution in Wireless Connectivity Hobbyist (1) (Greece)Free sharing culture inside the Greece community http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2013/08/mesh-internet-privacy-nsa-isp Mesh Networks in Greece (2) (Wall Street) Occupy Wall Street - Freedom Tower The Internet we knew is under huge surveillance by NSA and now the Freedom tower is creating the other Internet which will provide freedom http://mashable.com/2011/11/14/how-occupy-wall-street-is-building-its-own-internet-video/ How Occupy Wall Street Is Building Its Own Internet Inside of Facility References