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TELEPHONY, CHAT ROOMS, AND IMAGE/ VIDEO BASED DAMAGE ASSESSMENTS AND
REPORTS.  AREDN IS A SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT PROJECT THAT REPURPOSES
COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE WIRELESS INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDER WISP RADIO
ROUTERS TO OPERATE UNDER THE GRANT OF OUR AMATEUR RADIO LICENSES IN THE
AMATEUR MICROWAVE BANDS.  THE AREDN DEVELOPMENT TEAM PUBLISHES ITS WORK
UNDER THE FREE SOFTWARE FOUNDATIONS GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE GPLV3 LICENSE.
MULTIPLE DEVICES, CALLED NODES, SEPARATED BY AS MUCH AS 50 MILES, WORK
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TOGETHER TO FORM A HIGH SPEED MESH NETWORK WITH DATA RATES UP TO 144 MBPS.
THEY PROVIDE A TRANSMISSION CONTROL PROTOCOL/INTERNET PROTOCOL TCP/IP
MEDIUM FOR APPLICATIONS THAT ONE WOULD TYPICALLY USE ON AN INTRANET OR THE
INTERNET.  AREDN IS NOT INTENDED TO BE A GENERAL INTERNET ACCESS
ALTERNATIVE.  THE PRIMARY OBJECTIVE OF THE AREDN PROJECT IS TO EMPOWER THE
TYPICAL HAM TO DEPLOY AS PART OF THE NETWORK BY ACQUIRING A RELATIVELY
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