It’s rare that a technology is created and has an immediate impact. It usually takes months or years to find product-market fit. In the case of mesh networking, it took 7 years and a cultural calamity to bring about the widespread use. Specifically, the protests in Hong Kong precipitated the perfect atmosphere for mesh networking to take off.

What’s mesh networking? In my opinion, it’s an idea equally or in some cases more impressive than the Internet. Let me explain: