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The Philter Podcast

Learning From Illegal Networks

June 13, 2011 | Phil Harvey | Comments (2)
   
  
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Pyramid's Hussam Barhoush discusses how service providers in Africa and the Middle East are handling the rise in popularity of neighborhood networks
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Phil Harvey
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Monday June 13, 2011 5:24:37 PM
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Yes, very interesting stuff. Though the illegal networks we're talking about in the pod aren't workaround mesh networks that avoid the country's telco infrastructure. They're just folks who are stealing bandwidth and are, by their habits, teaching the service providers a thing or two about customer service.

The Markoff story is a much more involved and subversive computer-to-computer network. Interesting reading, though. Thanks for the link.

Duh!
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Monday June 13, 2011 5:09:28 PM
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Neighborhood networks can also be used (in the Middle East and elsewhere) as a work-around for controls applied by repressive governments.  This possibility has apparently been noted by the US government, which is putting a little seed money into innovation in this space. See reporting by James Glanz and John Markoff in Sunday's New York Times.   http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/12/world/12internet.html?ref=technology

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