Serval & mesh networks revisited

[jago25_98]

http://www.servalproject.org/

I don't know about you but I'm noticing we're slowly losing the internet. i2p & tor are greaat but I think really anything piggybacking on current infrastructure is a bit of a loser.

Serval is the closest thing I've found to a decentralised network. But it's far from great.

The main problem for me is that afaik it doesn't cache messages. I'm surprised there isn't an app out there that can cache and forward bluetooth messages for example. Did I miss something?

The subject has been mentioned a few times before:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=6477.0
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=41460.20

Isn't there anything more basic out there? Something as simple as an app that scans over bluetooth sending, recieving & forwarding messages?

[Stephen Gornick]

sn't there anything more basic out there? Something as simple as an app that scans over bluetooth sending, recieving & forwarding messages?

Not at the device level, but decentralized infrastructure mesh, there is:

 - http://www.FreeNetworkFoundation.org
 - http://freenetworkfoundation.org/?page_id=712
 - http://www.commons.freenetworkfoundation.org/?title=Main_Page

[Stephen Gornick]

Here's a Serval crowdfunding project:

 - http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/speak-freely

[PrintMule]

In my country those extenders would surely be vandalized/stolen on sight.

Nice idea, kind of p2p communications, but I don't think it would be adopted globally.
Also parts where he talks about disasters, I would guess wifi availability would also be affected by disaster, no?