If the device is only passing a few hundred bits per second, that also implies that it is doing almost nothing of value as well. Here's maybe another way to th

If the device is only passing a few hundred bits per second, that also implies that it is doing almost nothing of value as well. Here's maybe another way to think about it: What possible viable business model is there for consumer ISP customers to build an ad hoc wireless network on top of the ISP's infrastructure that wouldn't immediately get killed by ISPs entirely reasonably cutting out the middle man?