It'll be interesting to see. The white paper also mentions Wi-Fi direct being used as a transport. The mesh could auto configure to switch between transports depending on the local conditions. Within the local area some areas would use Bluetooth and others WiFi, with nodes at the edges working as crossovers between the two. That at least let's you get two different frequency bands, if 5ghz wifi is available, plus more & wider channels on Wi-Fi.

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While this would increase throughput it would arguably make the problem worse as WiFi is longer range and uses more TX power. And you still need to pick one channel and stick to it. You can’t listen on multiple channels.
I guess the question is at what point does it fall apart? How many users/area, total users, etc. it's all academic until it's actually in use. Hopefully it gets tested more thoroughly at larger gatherings and can be improved.