Blanking on a term. I remember a protocol/firmware for wireless routers where the idea was to connect as many as possible to create a quasi internet without any ISPs. Help? (lemmy.world)

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Basically title. I remember reading about it back in like 2018, I even remember a company that would provide crypto based on the amount of traffic you let through. Just curious if that ever saw any growth.

Everything I google keeps bringing up things on the darkweb. The goal of this was explicitly to go "ISP-less". Like they envisioned mesh net covering giant swathes of space.

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[-] OverfedRaccoon@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I remember there being a YouTube video of some people that did it in a small town (or neighborhood) and made, essentially, a DIY neighborhood mesh network. I keep looking up stuff, and I'm only finding terms like "relay mesh." If I find the YouTube video after a reasonable search, I'll edit.

EDIT: Was the term WISP (Wireless ISP) network? It's a setting you can do on your router and what the videos I was watching were talking about. The YouTube channel is Freethink, and they cover it being done in Detroit, NYC, and Dylan's Beach.

[-] batmaniam@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Thank you!!

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