Activists creating decentralized mesh network that can't be blocked, filtered or silenced

[James Knott]

Anthony Verevkin wrote:
> I just found that similar networks are being built by HAM radio
> enthusiasts. If you are licensed (which means you've passed an exam)
> you can use the same 2.4 GHz bands with much higher power limits.
> You can even slightly go below the frequency of the channel 1 which
> can be done with Atheros-based wifi.

Amateur radio has had "mesh" networks for decades.  Packet radio has 
been around for at least 30 years and has been used to carry TCP/IP.  I 
used to regularly use packet radio, on the 2 metre band, back in the 
80's & 90's.  If you have an amateur radio license, you have your choice 
of several bands to use, along with much more power.  1 kilowatt 
transmitters are entirely legal for licenced radio amateurs.  Even 
before packet on amateur radio, there was the University of Hawaii Aloha 
network, which used packets via radio links to connect campuses on the 
various islands.  This network, BTW, was the inspiration for Bob 
Metcalfe, who co-invented Ethernet.
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