tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9560953.post3022143617231127515..comments2023-12-31T19:34:14.853-05:00Comments on Dymaxion World: P2P Cellphonesjohnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09690430991814528863noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9560953.post-69329643387808838332007-09-13T16:17:00.000-04:002007-09-13T16:17:00.000-04:00Get rid of stations altogether? No.Reduce the dep...Get rid of stations altogether? No.<BR/><BR/>Reduce the dependence on stations - especially in densely populated areas? Heck yeah! Poke AT&T in they eye - one can only dream...<BR/><BR/>I can see the big telcos being horrified at this idea - it completely undercuts most of their revenue from cell phone services. But it wouldn't have to stop at being a "voice" network. It reminds me a bit of an idea a while back that I read somewhere for GM - a proposal to build a wireless network by setting up their OnStar system in a similar P2P fashion - where every car was a potential transmitter/receiver node on the network. They'd have one of the largest networks in the country within a few years and could transmit data or voice fairly reliably across it within a decade (shorter if they built some tower infrastructure to extend their coverage). I don't think it ever got off the ground, but building a public network using cell phones as nodes is almost as brilliant.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com