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I don't think this idea has a real potential for several reasons.

You cannot connect the networks of America and Europe with a WiFi router, so you'll need some more serious hardware. This hardware should be maintained by somebody. And so you have the ISPs again.

In the moment only a geek can setup a Kleinrock router. Imagine your neighbor who can barely coupe with the simple task of opening "the Internet" (or "the blue E") setting up the router, installing and configuring a firewall.

I seriously doubt that home routers are enough for a bigger traffic than couple of computers. Just look what cheap pieces of shit the ISPs are giving now. Of course you can buy a better one, but that's not what the majority of people will do...



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