Actually Scale Monetizable Multicasting for the Masses

As far as I'm aware, this is a first for P2P-casting (aka, a hack of multicasting) with sufficiently compelling content and built to a scale that could actually result in a sustainable adoption path. Further proof that killing P2P traffic is a BAD idea for innovation, for business, for content creators, for markets, for customers.

Be the First Public University on Mars

Well, to LAND there, anyway. MIT? Nope. CalTech? Nope. RPI? Nope. Stanford Robotics? Nope.

This TLTBF goes to those wily Wildcat engineers at the University of Arizona. Why Arizona's red-headed step child Tucson would call it the Phoenix Mars Mission is beyond me, personally; but hey, that's the prerogative of being first, right? We get to call it whatever the hell we damned well please.

Peer-to-Peer Mesh Network The Entire Planet

While we've been TALKING about this, Meraki has been BUILDING IT.

While props go to FON for really innovating this Consumer-Level Shared Mesh Node approach, Meraki's approach seeks to literally cover the globe with affordable internet access which can scale for speed and growth over time.

Utterly Outstanding.
[Meraki's] plug-and-play solution makes it easy to extend the reach of your Internet connection to every corner of your neighborhood. Our custom setup utility makes configuration a breeze and our repeaters are simple to install – all you have to do is plug them in.