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.
10. A method as recited in claim 9 , the wireless networks comprising Wi-Fi networks.