> If you have not done it yet, have a look at their short front page add. > Very succinct (and cool-:). > Village Telco Explainer 1:14 > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S30M_nigtcs&feature=player_embedded
Cool video... When you look at the (approximately) $100 price tag, you might have a hard sell to get people to start playing with in. The key a project like this is the infrastructure and the software which goes with it. Given that the hardware is rapid turning commodity I suggest that you play with the software and get some experience/understanding in that. For example if you (or anyone else) has a smart phone you should have the all you need to: 1) Enable the wireless in some mesh capable/adhoc mode 2) Sync and pass data across the mesh 3) Make a VoIP call. If you want a cheap(er) hardware solution look to modifying consumer wifi-routers. Ideal these need some ATA (Analogue Telephone Adapter) to recreate the MeshPotato, but if you're providing service to cell phone owners why couldn't the back haul be Wifi only (or even Bluetooth networking). As a side I did think that this would be a great 'disaster-recovery' project, being able to 'drop' a solar powered mesh wifi phone booth in a disaster zone... Thinking a little out the box, how about a mesh wifi network set up as a captive portal which offers a flash/java/java-script soft phone to download/run in place? Simon. PS. I'm willing to bore you all silly if you catch me at the next meeting ;-) _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list clug-talk@clug.ca http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying
