No public access to the network, cluttering of the 2.4 GHz spectrum, and spacial tracking of all wireless devices, connected or not. It's the worst of all aspects of mesh networks, rolled into one publicly funded program.

Edit: Also, golden:

Automatic license-plate readers "will read a chain-link fence as XXXXX," Honig says, "which at the time also matched the license plate of a stolen car in Mississippi, resulting in a number of false alerts to pull over the fence."