Originally Posted By: Frisket
The major issue with trying to set somthing up for that large of a amount of people is making sure everyone has the required tech to access it. You cant simply assume that everyone in the neighborhood has a high end smart phone with wifi abilities nor can you even expect them all to have a computer let alone a laptop a laptop with wifi abilities or a wifi adapter for desktop.



It would depend on the area but I would bet most households will have either a laptop with wifi or a smart phone. Households with children or teenagers will almost certainly have laptops AND smartphones. As someone has mentioned, I think the biggest problem would not be access to the network but power to recharge the batteries. Of course you could always set up a 12V SLA community charging station that is constantly topped off with a solar panel and charge controller. That and a set of battery clamps with a 12V cigarette plug (and an inverter for laptops) could keep you running indefinitely.