best idea ever
I thought of doing this on my own, didn't know others had thought of it already. Many people are missing the real use for this, or hadn't thought of the mega implications. Which is....this is not just for SMS or voice. It is way way beyond that. I believe this will compliment, then overcome, traditional Internet very quickly. What you are building is a new wireless Internet backbone, not just a wireless mesh, that will quickly rival any other network because it's built by the people and is completely portable.
Here the real way to do this.
- Incorporate a Wi-Fi N or higher protoocl into a repeater or similar device into a cell-phone, other portable device, cars!!!, and anything else that moves. You would have varying ranges(distance) depending on consumer choice, and cost, etc.
- Use a distributed protocol similar to bitTorrent for high bandwidth applications such as voice. The idea that it won't support voice is BULL crap, if done right it would support full HD video. In theory, you would have less hops to get from A to B because there are no concentrators or towers, and you only take up bandwidth on a path between A and B.
- The bandwidth would depend on the population concentration of the geographic location, which would correspond to the usage ratio, therefore it's a self-healing and a self-growing network. Rural areas would have smaller bandwidth but lower speeds, urban areas higher bandwidth but more load.
- FCC has no say in this anymore then they would to CB radios or home wireless phones, if the spectrum used is public. That means there's no government oversight, no corporate oversight no tax, no service fees, no nothing...it's "free" - you just pay for your device.
- Service providers have no choice, because who ever builds this "phone" first (i call it the fNode as in "freedom node"), runs all the other guys out of business. You're talking billions and billions $$ in just phone sales alone. Imagine iPhone or Windows phone without having to buy AT&T service - Steve Jobs would be insane to pass that up - are you crazy? Then you sell apps for the device - where you make the big bucks.
- This type of network will improve as technology improves.
I hope Microsoft or Apple jump on this. This is the future. There's no avoiding it. There no stopping it. It will happen.