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<p>It's a grid-based WiFi network. There are several successful
models around. <br>
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<p>One of them is: One key person gets a fat internet pipe, then
distributes it to neighbors. Several access points allow multiple
SSIDs, as in one for each household/entity distributing it. <br>
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<p>There's another that uses the unlicensed 900MHz band, where the
electronics are about $200/node ($100 per side). For safety, and
if it's sane to do, someone puts a UPS onto the main tap to keep
things going if it's DSL; if cable, then it may or may not stay up
in the event of power outages., and if satellite dish, it can be
made grid-autonomous with a couple of solar panels + two deep cell
batteries + inverter. <br>
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<p>Lots of ways to do them..... and there's one not far away from
where I live.</p>
<p>Ham radio people also can use AREDN, which uses Channel 1 of
WiFi/802.11 in 802.11g mode to make metropolitan nets, which is
where the M in MiFi comes from (also "M" as in "m"esh). <br>
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<p>You're welcome. <br>
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<p>Uhhh -- what's MiFi?<br>
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Dennis Fowler
P. O. Box 70
Otego, NY 13825
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Tom Henderson
ExtremeLabs, Inc.
+1 317 250 4646
Twitter: @extremelabs
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