Tbone,
Thanks for your insight.
Starting from scratch (meaning nothing!), it seems it would take for ever before reaching the limitations of the Dongle when not using pixelnet. Maybe when you reach a sizable display or implement pixelnet, those limitations are more obvious, or when you are more knowledgeable than I am. Multiple posts and the recent success of the Etherdongle coop seems to support your remarks.
What do you estimate the pricing for the Dongle to come up to? looking at mouser, cost of the enclosure, PCB... I thought you could get it for under or around $60. Am I miss something?