> For one hop. The OP literally has Mesh in the name, so I'd expect a large multiple of that. Especially given that NYC's highrises would likely make it harder to provide direct line of sight.
First off I will note that the goal posts here have been moved. Your original statement was that any wireless effort was doomed. This has now been revised to include many hops and distance to the internet exchange.
NYC mesh uses very traditional WISP equipment and OSPF routing (for the most part, also last I talked to them was a while ago)
If you look at their map they have several two hop nodes.
But to get back on subject Althea has exactly the sort of network your interested in since we're focusing on building a distributed, incentivized, mesh WISP. More than half of our users are behind two or more hops.
Most of these links are degraded by trees and distance, causing higher than ideal latencies. The users are ecstatic though, their only other options are 1mbps DSL or sat internet. No other WISP will enter the area because line of sight is so challenging.
I will also note this is literally the cheapest gear off the shelf. It gets 100mbps to the user but has serious problems with retrying packets it should just drop.
Each hop provides many degrees of freedom, we haven't found a need for more than two hops at all yet.
If we where in an urban area getting a couple of ms would be much easier, interference free 60ghz and shorter distances.
First off I will note that the goal posts here have been moved. Your original statement was that any wireless effort was doomed. This has now been revised to include many hops and distance to the internet exchange.
NYC mesh uses very traditional WISP equipment and OSPF routing (for the most part, also last I talked to them was a while ago)
If you look at their map they have several two hop nodes.
https://www.nycmesh.net/map
althea.net also runs a multihop wireless network so I can get some samples to discuss right now.
You can find a comprehensive overview of our design here.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G4EKbgShyLw
But to get back on subject Althea has exactly the sort of network your interested in since we're focusing on building a distributed, incentivized, mesh WISP. More than half of our users are behind two or more hops.
Here's a rough sample of some two hop users.
Most of these links are degraded by trees and distance, causing higher than ideal latencies. The users are ecstatic though, their only other options are 1mbps DSL or sat internet. No other WISP will enter the area because line of sight is so challenging.I will also note this is literally the cheapest gear off the shelf. It gets 100mbps to the user but has serious problems with retrying packets it should just drop.
Each hop provides many degrees of freedom, we haven't found a need for more than two hops at all yet.
If we where in an urban area getting a couple of ms would be much easier, interference free 60ghz and shorter distances.