> And I hope ad-hoc/mesh wireless networking technology takes off sooner rather than later
Are you familiar with the Serval Project [0]? These guys are working on exactly this solution, for exactly this (and other similar problems).
Are you familiar with the Serval Project [0]? These guys are working on exactly this solution, for exactly this (and other similar problems).
Drones, a la Facebook, might also be a solution under severely damaged infrastructure, it occurs to me now.