I was a part of the Google experiment in Mountain View, which had a mesh network built using equipment installed on light poles. People who bought the special

I was a part of the Google experiment in Mountain View, which had a mesh network built using equipment installed on light poles. People who bought the special ~$150 indoor receiver got decent throughput, once Ruckus Wireless shipped the 20th firmware revision (I kid not.) Almost all of the complaints came from people who didn't buy the right equipment. And that was a lot of people. A decade later, the same thing is probably much cheaper and easier.