Point To Peer

Introduction

This is a page dedicated to the development of a peer-to-peer internet and communications infrastructure.

Development Team

• Marcin Jakubowski
• Sam Rose
• Paul

Join the team! Email samuel.rose at gmail.com

Proposed Plan

The core of a peer-based internet system proposal is to provide an at-cost infrastructure for internet communications. Such an infrastructure may be implemented most easily via a network of wireless towers. User nodes store content in a distributed fashion. Key technical issues are:

1. Development of communication and storage protocol based on peer-to-peer strategies
   1. Storage on peer computer nodes
2. Building of wireless emitter/receiver nodes
3. Building towers
4. Powering wireless nodes

Implementation

1. Development of communication and storage protocol is a tractable problem
2. Capitalization may be obtained readily by involving a large number of internet users, paying perhaps $25/year or whatever the at-cost price may be
   1. 1 node every 10 miles, or every 100 sq miles (ex: 30,000 nodes for 3M sq miles of the USA
   2. Assume 10M initial subscribers- $2.5 billion in startup revenue available
   3. Each node has $100k allotment available

Strategy

Cost reduction for a project of this magnitude is feasible. $100k/node provides for feasibility using off-shelf technology. However, we want to go for open source components to assure maximum value. I propose we use $1-10M to develop open source, at-cost production facilities for hardware:

• wireless nodes - via CNC routers
• mobile, onsite aluminum production for towers from on-site clay
• open source protocol and code
• open source solar concentrator or OS PV production (ribbon PV is an immediate candidate)
• storage battery production - sealed lead acid
• power electronics - inverter and power conditioning for tower

Project Status

• Zero Hour began at 5 PM, Wednesday, February 26, 2008
• Initial business plan to be drafted by March 26, 2008
  • Due diligence required: dedicated email list, publicity via networks
  • Dedicated webspace; opensourceecology.org volunteered at present
• Refined business plan to be drafted by April 26, 2008
  • Due diligence required:
    • Economic feasibility of mobile aluminum smelting unit
    • Economic analysis of node hardware fabrication
    • Economic analysis of solar energy production
    • Economic analysis of energy storage production
• Final business plan to be drafted by May 26, 2008
• Technical development period: June - December 1, 2008
• Fundraising, PR, begun December 1
• Deployment begun January 1, 2009

Feedback

We welcome your feedback on any points of this project. -The Management