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The only tool of the common man against centralized monopolies seems to be to innovate faster than the monopoly power can centralize.

I think the only hope for the free Internet is some kind of p2p wireless mesh network or other mechanism to circumvent Comcast altogether. Comcast and Monsanto are untouchable. (Thinking about Monsanto because of some lame GMO prop I heard on NPR this morning)

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You can not economicaly circunvent cable (or fiber). P2p networks are not efficient.

What you can do is include the cable and fiber into the p2p network. People can bill routing with some Bitcoin like tech (altough I doubt Bitcoin itself could be used), and let Comcast et al. completely in the dark about whose data they are carrying.

"Super Wi-Fi" looks like it could be a great technology for this p2p mesh network, but I don't think there is consumer devices available yet. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Wi-Fi

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