p2p/mesh cellphone network

ewanm89 ewanm89 at googlemail.com
Thu Sep 13 13:17:36 CEST 2007



On Tue, 11 Sep 2007 22:43:44 +0100
Giles Jones <giles.jones at zen.co.uk> wrote:

> 
> On 11 Sep 2007, at 22:23, Shawn Rutledge wrote:
> 
> > On 9/11/07, Robin Paulson <robin.paulson at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> didn't we discuss this a few weeks ago?
> >>
> >> http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6987784.stm
> >
> > I'm wondering what they had to do to the radio to make it possible,
> > or if it is at all with GSM.  Sounds like maybe they used something
> > different.
> >
> > Of course this phone could do it with WiFi or Bluetooth, purely in  
> > software.
> 
> It could, but as discussed previously, there's all sorts of  
> drawbacks. Drop outs, power usage etc..
> 
> With custom technology you can improve on that. It's not a
> technology that can be depended on like cell networks as it relies on
> a chain of people being between you and the destination.
> 
> Some technology info here:
> 
> http://www.terranet.se/index.php? 
> option=com_content&task=category&sectionid=8&id=17&Itemid=62
> 
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FBI and co wouldn't be happy as tracing mobile calls would have just
got harder.

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Ewan Marshall (ewanm89)

Geek by nature, Linux by choice.
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