I'm not convinced the music festival example is feasible. While GSM's Slotted ALOHA protocol breaks down at "only" 36.8% load, I imagine that mesh networking at

I'm not convinced the music festival example is feasible. While GSM's Slotted ALOHA protocol breaks down at "only" 36.8% load, I imagine that mesh networking at a music festival is about as productive as having a conversation with the person next to you at said festival (too much noise for the device to "hear itself think", let alone for the device owned by the adjacent person).