Absolutely -- and the creation of a local loop that is NOT dependent on the incumbent local exchange carriers (ILECs, notably cable and telephone operators).
It's potentially revolutionary..... if you can work out the latency and interference issues. You could run VOIP/wireless VOIP (replace cell phones)/chat/video conferencing/etc across THIS network, NOT the internet. The internet could be connected via a peering agreement, but that's a separate issue. The potential may be huge.
But I'll bet you the shirt off my back that the ILECs will soon step in and ask for legislation from their "friends" in Congress to put the brakes on this.
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Absolutely -- and the creation of a local loop that is NOT dependent on the incumbent local exchange carriers (ILECs, notably cable and telephone operators).
It's potentially revolutionary..... if you can work out the latency and interference issues. You could run VOIP/wireless VOIP (replace cell phones)/chat/video conferencing/etc across THIS network, NOT the internet. The internet could be connected via a peering agreement, but that's a separate issue. The potential may be huge.
But I'll bet you the shirt off my back that the ILECs will soon step in and ask for legislation from their "friends" in Congress to put the brakes on this.
Grrrrrrr. Call me pessimistic... but hopeful.