Brandon,

So the idea is this. Pogo plug users get together link their pogo plugs together using a predefined setup (Depending on their role in the network) whether a node or administrator. Once these Pogopplugs are linked outside users could take advantage of the total drive power of the "Linked Pogo plugs" and use the resources of the "Cloud." Obviously several PogoPlug Biz would come into play so to determine drive allocation etc in. What I propose would be a Fee based service. But initially I am more interested in pushing the boundaries of the device and using it in real world applications. They tote themselves has a "Personal Cloud" so multiple pogoplugs in multiple locations with multiple drives would make it just that.

Brandon, a company called Symform.com is doing this distributed cloud network etc. I do see a huge problem with Upload speed issues. Privacy issues could easily be addressed.

People already trust third parties to their backups box.net, mozy.com,carbonite etc etc.

The pogoplug alone is not the end all solution but with some tweaks it could be a good solution for distributed network storage.


I am currently working with some friends on field testing this. I just thought I throw the idea out there.