And the internet was supposed to route around damage... One way to do this is to make wifi laptops and mobile phones into routers - an ad hoc network http://en

And the internet was supposed to route around damage... One way to do this is to make wifi laptops and mobile phones into routers - an ad hoc network http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile_ad-hoc_network http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile_ad-hoc_network So far, research in this is academic/hobbiest.