[Mesh] SPAN

[Mitar]

Hi!

Not to mention that phones have large storage capacity, cameras, screen
and many other sensors.

But also, power is often quite low in comparison with WiFi routers. I am
not sure if used phone is cheaper than $20 TP-Link. People will probably
not bother even to sell a $20 used phone with blocked IMEI.


Mitar

> I haven’t tried SPAN and don’t see it listed as a Google app but I have tried 
> SERVAL mesh (which is currently available).The need to root a phone in order to 
> enable ad hoc networking limits the utility of these apps to the community at 
> large but it offers some interesting opportunities to speculate.Old phones can 
> be cheap, especially if they can’t be used as phones… think of that blacklisted 
> CDMA phone that you couldn’t manage to change the IMEI on… what’s its market 
> value?If you were to tie it to a $20 solar panel and throw it up on someone’s 
> roof you’d have a disposable node that any anarchist would love.If you put one 
> at the focal point of a satellite dish how far down the block could you 
> get?Better yet, could you use the phone itself as the driven element of a 
> homebrew yagi?A city-wide mesh would require several phones per block and 
> probably wouldn’t be very practical but imagine trying to cover a smaller area…  
> Hmmm
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