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I'm a great fan of mesh networks, but...

How using 802.11a/g to build mesh networks of tens or houndreds of nodes is going to scale in a few years, when more people will need e.g. a 10Mbps+ access to Internet? I know - in developing countries there is no Internet access at all, so any is better than nothing, but I wonder what will happen with all the deployed gear in US in a few years.

The radio has to be software-defined and flexible enough to improve it without replacing the whole gear, IMHO. We have to free the air to let such projects like Meraki build the Internet which won't suck in just a few years.



Sounds like a business opportunity to develop what was Meraki's original vision, with improved hardware and a software-defined radio.




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