Not so sure, (Score 1)

It maybe that what you say is true for long haul and it has certainly been universally true in the past.

But with the current number of wireless laptops around...

I can easily see a city running as it should networked by the laptops within it. Exactly what the Internet was designed for - or a general case of what i was designed for, error correcting, sporadic contact, resilient).

There are already 'price' parameters that can be set for routing. All it needs is a little software and configuration, not that much really.