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Looks very cool, excited about the possibilities, but my first thought was "FCC violation." Did a quick Google search, looks like they did a test at Burning Ma
by vaporstun 17y ago
Looks very cool, excited about the possibilities, but my first thought was "FCC violation."
Did a quick Google search, looks like they did a test at Burning Man in 2008 and got local FCC approvals: http://lwn.net/Articles/297038/ http://lwn.net/Articles/297038/
- randallsquared 17y agoThis seems very similar to the magicJack femtocell except for not having to use them, so if magicJack can get FCC licensing for their any-GSM MitM device, then surely this could also.
- nimrody 17y agoOne more problem: Patents. GSM implementations require licensing IP from several major manufacturers (Nokia, Ericsson and others). As long as the project is small they probably won't bother. But just try basing a femtocell product on OpenBTS and they will be knocking on your door soon.
- nir 17y agoI suppose something like this would find much of its use in places where neither FCC nor patents have a lot of clout.
- borism 17y agoyeah, like here in Europe :)
- vdm 17y agoIf you dig deeper on OpenBTS, the primary motivation of the project is altruistic, rolling basic coverage out in the developing world where there is no current economic incentive, or respect for IP. That's not to say that it would be disruptive in developed markets as well, or course.