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A peer-to-peer towerless mesh network ( e.g. Terranet http://www.terranet.se/ http://www.terranet.se/ ) could solve this problem.

• sswam 16y ago
  Yes, perhaps free, community-operated p2p wifi networks could replace the monolithic paid cellular networks. It might take a long time before this would happen though.
  • rexyo 16y ago
    There's also this thing called OpenBTS, but a search for it only lists about 17.000 results http://www.google.com/#sclient=psy&hl=en&q=openbts&aq=0&aqi=g5&aql=&oq=openbts&gs_rfai=&pbx=1 http://www.google.com/#sclient=psy&hl=en&q=openbts&#...
    • devmonk 16y ago
      Why not eliminate the possibility of something pretending to be a base station to a number of nodes in the immediate area? With a mesh network, a takeover of an area by a single device may be less likely. Still, there would be a chance of one or more of the nodes causing mischief, and if multiple nodes in an area are compromised that could certainly be an even greater issue. So, direct point-to-point communication is still more preferable.