16. A method as recited in claim 9 , the determining which of the multiple devices are to seed which portions of particular protected content comprising determining which of the multiple devices are to seed which portions of particular protected content based at least in part on topology analysis of the managed wireless distribution network.
9. A method implemented in a network management service, the method comprising: receiving from multiple devices in a managed wireless distribution network parameters used to join multiple wireless networks, each of the multiple wireless networks being hosted by one of the multiple devices; providing to each of the multiple devices parameters used to join wireless networks hosted by others of the multiple devices; receiving from each of the multiple devices indications of wireless networks visible to the device; generating routes through multiple wireless networks for ones of the multiple devices to obtain portions of protected content to others of the multiple devices; providing an indication of the routes to the multiple devices; determining which of the multiple devices are to seed which portions of particular protected content; and instructing ones of the multiple devices to obtain particular portions of the protected content in the absence of a user request to consume the particular protected content at the ones of the multiple devices.