UDP/datagram/cell based networks [was: Why_can't_email_be_secure]

[coderman@gmail.com (coderman)]

On Thu, Aug 29, 2013 at 4:07 AM, coderman <coderman@gmail.com> wrote:
> ...
> as for ATM, SONET, satellite data terminals, metro wireless, and all
> other unusual or exotic transports...


i should have mentioned:


metro Ethernet or municipal run fiber networks with peering are the
best option for mesh traffic relaying like this. ATM is too expensive;
IDSN, despite a proud origin story of the first data mix networks, is
also expensive, and super slow.

get rooftop access for radios in a Fresnel friendly internet exchange
where you can simply forward traffic down a few floors over Ethernet
and you're in the best of positions.


consumer fiber to the home would be great, if ToS restrictions didn't
make such forwarding risky.  and the business upgrade for FTTP is
pretty outrageous in almost every case.

you could route through a VPN provider or dedi server of your own in
this case, but tunneling may not be sufficiently covert depending on
the amount of bandwidth used.