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Well Google looks to be on the right track with QUIC which allows you to multiplex TCP and UDP streams. UDT has promise as well. But as long as backbone providers continue to be selective about what packets they will carry, we're going to keep being hemmed in.

Internet2 looks like it has some promise, but it looks to be predominantly composed of point to point fiber installs.

I won't use anything created by a corporation that says to do evil.

Who are some of the best minds in mesh networks?

The same people developing p2p protocols. There's a lot of good stuff on wikipedia about the current stage of the art in mesh networks.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesh_networking

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