Meraki Bypasses Google in Wireless SF Push

eldavojohn writes: "Three years ago, Google & Earthlink teamed up to bath San Francisco in wireless goodness as per the mayor's decree. But as the details started to mature, the progress began to slow so a tiny startup has taken up the cross. From the article, "Enter Meraki Networks, a wireless mesh-network company. Bypassing city hall, Meraki has given away some 200 wireless routers to city residents in the past couple of months; the routers have been accessed by more than 6,000 city residents who can pick up the Wi-Fi signal. Meraki is now offering to expand the program to give away a few thousand routers, thereby building a free Wi-Fi mesh-network system from the rooftops, balconies, and windows of anyone who wants to participate." Could these small "mesh-networks" become a viable non-regulated alternative to corporate driven attempts?"