Mesh networking -- the innovative wireless technology that delivers broadband content to computers -- is poised for deployment at a rate that may grow tenfold over the next five years, experts tell United Press International's Networking.

A new study, released last week by ABI Research, based in Oyster Bay, N.Y., indicates that much of the increase will come from municipal wireless projects that are increasingly appearing across the country, as local governments try to boost economic development by making high-speed Internet access available to all. By Gene Koprowski