Althea a more distributed ISP

[jkilpatr]

Althea a more distributed ISP

Althea is a protocol that allows people to easily buy and sell bandwidth from each other.

Cover the design choices and philosophy of Alteha's mesh networking technology. As well as setup a basic mesh network on stage to show off.

Type: demo
Length: 1 hour
Additional considerations: power, willingness to let someone broadcast on 5ghz wifi bands

Session Objective

To demonstrate the Althea network protocol and espouse a pragmatic and profitable way to make the networks we use every day more decentralized.

Material and Technical Requirements

Projector (needed in the presentation room)
A set of routers and antennas (self supplied)

Presenter(s)

Name: Justin Kilpatrick
Email: justin@altheamesh.com
Url(s): altheamesh.com
Twitter: @altheamesh
GitHub: https://github.com/althea-mesh/

Interested in attending the sprint July 16-18: Y
Interested in a community billet: N

Presenter Bio

Justin Kilpatrick is cofoudner and CTO of Althea mesh, a linux and open source enthusiast.