[Freedombox-discuss] Non-tech version of how "freedom box grid "could work

[Marc Manthey]

hello freedom boxers :),

After reading all the informative posts from Luke and others about  
hardware, ipv6 and so on i  keep racking my brain how this could look  
like at the end. So here is my short explanation from my point of view

------- booting freedom -----

After your freeedombox  is booted , you will be redirected to a http://home 
   page, where you can put in your freedombox credentials, like name  
your box, upload an avatar, create a  security key, tag interests,  
enable  services (mail, chat, file sharing,your packet stats and  
whatever will run on a freedombox )

Importand !  The freedombox needs to detect if you have Internet or  
not, in case you havent another freedombox needs to be reachable,
( What happend if not ? )

In case you have real internet, you will be forwardet to a big global  
map, where you can see all the connected freedomboxes , this is just  
an expample http://www.accessgrid.org/map , i have something like a  
moving_google_earth_globe in mind ;)


So if your connected you can "mouse  over" the "dots", whitch  
represent other freedomboxes and see a simple freedombox information  
window
( could be country, name, connection up/down / available space, uptime  
e.t.c. ) , the user can choose , what information would be public ,  
like on facebook or any other social networking site.

If somebody is interested in a specific host he could send a " peer -  
request" T his peer request is like a friendship request but it will  
allow the other host to activly route traffic from the other machine  
and share the user defined services ( a specific amount needs to be  
mandatory, otherwise everybody just "suck" and this does not help to  
make a network more stable.

So your personal freedombox grid grows with any successful new peer  
and make you more and more independent from your own internet  
connection.

I think this solution would  even allow to run a small freedombox grid  
without having a critical mass.


What you think ? is this a realistic szenario ?

greetings from battle overseas

Marc



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