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On Wed, Jan 5, 2011 at 3:47 PM, Anthony Williams <anthony@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 05/01/11 15:17, Roland Tarver wrote: >> >> >> http://telecomyatra.afaqs.com/news/?sid=2698_Software+to+turn+every+phone+into+a+cell-tower+ >> >> "Peep Wireless Technology (PWT), a Delaware-based company, has >> revealed a software app that turns a phone into a small cell tower >> (client/server viral transmitter/receiver). >> >> The application will be revealed at the Consumer Electronics Show or >> CES in Las Vegas later this week. It is called PeepApp and will >> initially be available only for the iPhone. Later it will be made for >> other mobile operating systems as well." >> >> Interesting.... > > Eric Raymond wrote about that idea last summer: > http://esr.ibiblio.org/?p=2115 > > It appears that the company that he was writing about is developing software > for Android phones: http://www.servalproject.org/ > > Anthony I'm impressed. Very cool. I notice that serval project uses open source software whilst the link that I posted was proprietary.... Roly :-) -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq