Editing Ends and Means (section)

===The Neighborhood Network===
Long-term planning at the present juncture will pay dividends when sovereign computing becomes widespread. Including three [[802.11|b/g/n radios]] in the nodes will ensure that neighbors can find each other and establish robust and reliable routes of communication. An integrated software stack means that user communications will automatically be routed locally, whenever it is possible. The [[economies of scale]] dictate that users will pool their resources, and purchase Internet access collectively. This will drive further adoption.


While it will be possible to engage in bandwidth sharing using nodes alone, larger scale cooperatives will want to invest in a FreedomTower containing powerful radios capable of communicating with mobile devices, nodes, and other towers. Community-owned towers, in addition to serving as a logical connection point for communal outbound connectivity, will allow neighborhoods to communicate directly with adjacent neighborhoods, and in so doing extend the reach of material peer-to-peer connectivity.


Neighborhood Networks will purchase access from Tier 3 and Tier 2 network providers in a manner similar to what small and medium sized businesses do today. The price on a per-node basis could be as much as an order of magnitude below current residential levels.