Meraki: The Future of Community Wireless or It's Death Knell
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Meraki, a spin-off of MIT Roofnet, has been the darling of the community and municipal networking sector for the past year. The fervor hit hyperspeed last month when Meraki received $5 million in venture capital from Sequoia Capital, largely backed by Google. This capital injection has vaulted Meraki into the driver's seat for creating "low-cost" wireless mesh networks.
Comment from Kevin Bulger on March 21, 2007 - 12:50pm
Ive been looking into Meraki and it is good to hear the pros and cons of this option.
Comment from Corey Funderburk on March 21, 2007 - 2:06pm
Hi Ross,
Your blog is pretty interesting but I was a little confused on what a mesh network is. It sounds like it's going to be a city-wide wireless connection that is available to all as long as one has the correct hardware. Is that true?
Thanks!
Comment from Ross Musselman on March 22, 2007 - 4:40pm
Corey, I just posted another entry that explains mesh. Hopefully it helps. However, ubiquitous coverage, as you describe in your comment, is problematic on several levels, most importantly cost. I'll try to parse these items out in future posts.
Ross Musselman rgmussel@cuwireless.net
Comment from Laura Hanley on March 22, 2007 - 7:21pm
I just read your blog that you posted after this one, going into further detail about what exactly you're talking about, and I totally get it now! Thanks for the explanation - it helped immensely! :)