re: Obama's plan to save the internet draws bold reactions

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This has nothing to do with net neutrality. Technology in general is about to take off.

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Technology has been "taking off" for decades, but that doesn't tell us that high quality mesh networks are right around the corner.

I think mesh networks are the future, but it's the distant future (technologically speaking). Mark my words, it will be at least 2 decades before a mesh networked internet will be able to replace our current internet entirely, for a lot of reasons:

It has to be grassroots. It won't work unless enough people around you are in on it too.

It's going to take a long time to replace ISPs. Sure, we will see small meshnets pop up, and we may even see them start linking directly together. But in most cases, at some point a packet will have to hop on/off the internet to visit a site. How long do you think it will take for millions of websites to start serving up on a meshnet to bypass the existing internet?

There are a lot of technical issues to be overcome. Speed and latency will be huge issues until the majority of us are using it, as will basic connectivity. Encryption/security will have to be very strong and pervasive, and privacy will still be an issue. How long until banks trust the tech? How long until you trust the tech with your banking info?