Hi Folks An interesting article on OpenBTS https://www.engineeringforchange.org/news/2010/06/21/open_source_cell_phone_... (via http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2838493) More info @ 1. http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1647763 2. http://www.networkworld.com/news/2010/083010-open-source-voip-cell-phones-at... 3. Some technical details in an interview with David Burgess http://blog.ecomm.ec/2009/02/david-burgess-on-openbts.html On Mon, Jul 18, 2011 at 2:50 PM, ashish makani <ashish.makani@gmail.com>wrote:

Hi

An interesting idea & some insightful discussion, on creating a utopian layer of the internet which is independent of ISPs.

http://wiki.omegasdg.com/index.php?title=Project_Kleinrock

via http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2668887

Best, ashish

On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 3:10 AM, ashish makani <ashish.makani@gmail.com>wrote:

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Hi Folks

GNU Free Call is a new project to develop and deploy secure self-organized communication services worldwide for private use and for public administration. It uses the open standard SIP protocol and GNU SIP Witch to create secured peer-to-peer mesh calling networks .

It may have interesting applications for truly secure, open & decentralized communications, which can stay up, in the event of a natural disaster etc.

http://planet.gnu.org/gnutelephony/?p=14

via http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2322881

Best, ashish