When I first saw this product there were a lot of comments regarding FCC regulations that were being stretched and perhaps broken. I don't know the details exactly, but the gist is that to get that 2.5 mile range, the router had to operate in protected bandwidths that require ham radio licensure. So the user was caught in a legal quandry from the start: flout the FCC regulations and get busted for that, or get licensed and have an easy way of being identified. So, not too helpful for whistleblowers after all.