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- Free allowance
- A network connection plus the ability to host services on it; no storage quota because there is no storage product
- Verdict
- self-hosted, last resortverdict fails-quota: the free allowance is too small to matter. Self-hosted options are listed last, because this site is for users who have no hardware.
- Cost
- free tier
- Identity
- emailno card, no phone
- Binding limit
- noneno named constraint binds
- Evidence
- reported2 sources; a third party said so
- Freshness
- stale on 2026-11-05checked 2026-10-21 (inherited); stale on 2026-11-05
| Free tier | a network connection plus the ability to host services on it; no storage quota because there is no storage product unit mixed; metered on stored-bytes |
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| Price | none stated |
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| Identity | email email |
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| Egress | donated transit from upstream peers; the wiki is explicit that NYC Mesh cannot detect or prevent traffic monitoring by those upstreams |
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| Per-object cap | not stated |
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| Retention | not stated |
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| Interface | s3 a routed internet connection; you run your own server behind it |
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| Tooling | standard Linux/nginx/S3 behind your own router |
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| Composes with | member-hosted services are a stated goal - 'we allow for fast uploads as well as downloads, so members of our community can host content and services rather than only consume them' |
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| Reliability | Depends on donated upstream transit and volunteer installers; no SLA and no redundancy. |
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| Parsed numbers | |
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Evidence 2
| date | source | what it proved |
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| 2026-10-21 | wiki.nycmesh.net/books/1-introduction/page/frequently-asked- | 'We allow for fast uploads as well as downloads, so members of our community can host content and services rather than only consume them from centralized hosts'; 'Average Equipment Cost: $240 ... Install Leader Expenses: $50 ... Total: $290'; subsidised '$110 ... Total: $160'; 'The NYC Mesh network depends on donated transit bandwidth from upstream individuals and companies ... NYC Mesh is unable to detect or prevent traffic monitoring by our upstream providers' |
| 2026-10-21 | www.nycmesh.net/ | 'Join our community network!' |
More fields 1
| dead end | {"failure_class": "quota","why": "a network connection plus the ability to host services on it; no storage quota because there is no storage product","retry_when": null,"first_recorded": "2026-10-21"} |
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Unknown values 4
- per object cap notes: the field may be stated in a source that was not read
- per object cap stated: the field may be stated in a source that was not read
- retention notes: the field may be stated in a source that was not read
- retention stated: the field may be stated in a source that was not read