Ever hear of Cult of the Dead Cow? A sort of hacker collective I paid attention to back in the '90s. They were the first group I'd heard trying to implement mesh networks, but back then they were trying to get range, and using microwave transmitters.

The tech has really improved, but still, for those of us in relatively remote areas, some backbone is necessary, and this sorta takes the piss out of privacy, as chokepoints are easy places to tap the line.

Still, I'm in favor of this, as the fewer harvests of user data happening, the freer we all are, and, in time, as technology continues to improve, the distance issues can be solved - and best of all, eliminate the damn ISPs, cable companies, phone companies, and the rest of the greedy swine!

Thanks!

Edit: found this, and it's the best part!:

"With Hyperboria’s peer-to-peer connections, every single link in the chain of communication is fully encrypted. Intermediaries that handle traffic cannot even see what kind of traffic it is, let alone read any email. Use the purpose-built hyperboria.name email service, and your communication becomes untraceable."

Sign me up!