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In Switzerland, we already switched to MediumFast due to congestion in cities. It was a coordinated change and real world tests showed no significant worse mesh performance for most nodes. Meshtastic is evolving fast and I think it does become more and more viable as an off-grid or doomsday communication. It also is hard to censor which could be useful for journalism and free speech. Hence, not a substitute for the internet, but a more and more viable solution for many.
Can't speak about any mass gatherings or protests, but haven't had any issues so far with mine. Even in big cities, air util and ch util is below 35% so there is a lot more space available.