Someone's simply got to put together a full-instruction guide on how to start off a modern meshnet in your neighborhood. And then a full guide to the users who connect... I'd set my neighborhood up with a meshnet today if only it were easier to do and I knew It wouldn't require tons of technical support to my neighbors.

A related post, here on SN:

We need a real decentralized mesh network for censorship resistant Bitcoin usage #49841 https://nitter.it/bradllscan/status/1551951097375358976

You might enjoy learning about guifi.net.

TLDR: ISP didn't want to develop network infrastructure in a rural area of Spain. Citizens took matters into their own hands and started building a network mesh to bring connection from the nearby cities onto the area by connecting between individuals. After a few years (and surviving several pretty immoral lawsuits from the ISP) the network is +35.000 nodes strong and has extended its reach well beyond the original intended area.

A great example of decentralized, grassroots building.

I think the tree model of the internet ends up having such lower latency it makes it hard to argue for a mesh network on a performance basis. You can do lazy protocols like email, but video calling would be DOA.

Yeah I was trying to tell you all yesterday.