This V2X thing looks like it's potentially a bit of a paradigm shift. With a mesh network layered over a set of V2X-connected devices, you could extend high-ba

This V2X thing looks like it's potentially a bit of a paradigm shift. With a mesh network layered over a set of V2X-connected devices, you could extend high-bandwidth (if not necessarily low-latency) internet connectivity to anywhere there are client devices, without needing base towers except at the edges. In The Diamond Age, if I'm remembering it right, Neal Stephenson has a character describe how the in-world ubiquitous network works, and it's basically exactly that: high reliability through ubiquity of peers, any of which can relay your packets. We've had mesh networks before, but they've always needed special hardware, distinct from "it's just a router".