Strix and BelAir both have said that 802.11s may not cover outdoor mesh networking effectively. Tropos, the mesh market leader, uses a single radio with their patented Predictive Wireless Routing Protocol (PWRP) and may not feel compelled to jump in bed with the first mesh standard that comes down the pike.

Not to put too fine a point on it, but Fleishman loves to criticize other people (John, You Ignorant Slut), but he often gets it wrong himself (or simply confuses the issue):

"Most metro-scale Wi-Fi and wireless will be charged at a fee, MetroFi and Google’s low-speed free offering in San Francisco notwithstanding".

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