Most anything you'd want to do with this is illegal due to FCC rules against encryption colliding with the need for computer security and now the recent push for https everywhere.
Non-amateurs probably see this as a way to connect to the internet, while amateurs don't really see that as the point. There will be direct connections in some ways, but the same mindset that makes hardware from the ground up is going to be more interested in creating software stacks from the ground up and making gateways rather than simply using modern internet software on an amateur internet.