Chris Lacy's Software Engineering Blog

802.11s - I am disappoint

I continue to have high hopes for 802.11s and more advanced networking in general. ISPs are no longer needed. All we need are ways to securely and fairly share our connectivity. Imagine you're using your netbook and want to access google, but there's no hotspot nearby. Luckily, there's a guy on his smart phone 100 feet away, and from there he has a signal to a company's wifi (on which he's making the call). That company has a large antenna that reaches google.

I see lots of potential here. You can exchange bandwidth for equal bandwidth, and receive cash if you run a surplus. Municipalities would only need one connection to internet backbone instead of running wires to each residence. Anyone can run a website/server. It's the future.

Posted at 11:35AM Jul 27, 2010 by chris in General  |