[LUAU] community wifi and mesh routing?

[Tim Newsham]

How close is mesh routing to be ready for prime time?  It sounds like the 
city of new orleans is finding it indispensible.  How strict is oceanic 
and hawaiiantelcom about bandwidth sharing?  Wasn't HOSEF setting up some 
community wireless projects?  If so, what were they using to provide 
bandwidth to the internet? Are there any community efforts to provide free 
wlan meshes here?

It seems like wlan has penetrated the consumer market thoroughly... In my 
area, at least, I can see about as many APs as I can see houses...
They're all just last-meter spokes off of some broadband link, though.

Tim Newsham
http://www.thenewsh.com/~newsham/