[ctdonath2]

Indeed. I’ve long envisioned a low-profile router/repeater unit for establishing an independent wi-fi grid, cheap “wall warts” that the motivated could afford en masse and plant anywhere there’s an outlet. I’ve also noted that every wireless router could be reprogrammed to do the same thing, and wish manufacturers had included that code.

Time to start...

[Lurking in Kansas]

I don't think the Zero would take down the ENTIRE internet. The left's site's (ie. Huffington & KOS, etc) aren't his problem.

I fully expect one day to wake up and FR be down... Drudge ... Michelle Maulkin... etc... etc...

[Myrddin]

Look up Freifunk and OLSR. That will hook you into a good starting point. The Linksys WRT54GL (Linux based) has a firmware package that supports OLSR directly. Failing that, a basic Linux box with an 802.11b/g adapter. Select an implementation that has access to the RSSI (signal strength) to include that in the routing decisions.