<div dir="ltr">"part of the attraction of OpenCellular is that it can work even when a
backhaul connection goes down. It includes not only the antenna needed
to broadcast a wireless signal but also the “core” networking hardware
needed to process this signal. This means that if it loses a connection
to the heart of the network, it still lets people communicate with each
other locally, sending and receiving texts or making calls. “Even if the
backhaul goes down,” Subramanian says, “a village could still
communicate.”"<br><br>"<b>Wireless Backpacking</b>...OpenCellular [...] allow just about
anyone to set up a wireless network, even in rather rural areas.
Measuring 19.5- by 8.5- by 4.5-inches, it’s something you could easily
carry as you angle to install it on a tree or a telephone pole. “You
could wear it like a backpack as you climb the pole,” he says. “Anyone
who can climb a tree can put it up.”"<br><br>"existing players can deliver the Internet to about 90 percent of all
people on the planet merely by upgrading existing wireless networks that
provide phone service without delivering data. But Facebook wants to
reach that other 10 percent..."<br><br>Excerpts from:<br><br> Facebook OpenCellular: A Baby Antenna Brings Internet to the Boonies<br> <a href="http://www.wired.com/2016/07/facebook-2/">http://www.wired.com/2016/07/facebook-2/</a><br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jul 6, 2016 at 4:04 PM, Adam Holt <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:holt@laptop.org" target="_blank">holt@laptop.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><span class="">On Wed, Jul 6, 2016 at 3:53 PM, Adam Holt <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:holt@laptop.org" target="_blank">holt@laptop.org</a>></span> wrote:<br></span><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote"><span class=""><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Where "OpenCellular" presumably means something a bit more than anti-Android ;)<br><div><br><div style="margin-left:40px">Introducing OpenCellular: An open source wireless access platform<br><a href="https://code.facebook.com/posts/1754757044806180/" target="_blank">https://code.facebook.com/posts/1754757044806180/</a><br></div><br></div><div>Good thing GSM-like rural technologies like OpenBTS are finally being taken seriously??</div></div></blockquote><div><br></div></span><div>Which Facebook's rural-radio publicists have not bothered to mention for whatever reason, so FYI:<br><br> Open Base Transceiver Station<br> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenBTS" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenBTS</a><br></div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div><span class="">Anyway FB/OpenCellular promises to work with giant/sudden telco consortium <a href="https://telecominfraproject.com" target="_blank">https://telecominfraproject.com</a> (TIP) to move 5G and similar deeper into the wilderness, as 2020 comes and goes...<br><br>If so, it's a refreshing/honest honest admission that drones/balloons/satellites remain PR spin to capture Sci-Fi headlines, while terrestrial radio's last-miles continues to grow and grow. So OpenCellular might be yet another hype-filled trial balloon, but fyi until we know more:<br><br></span><div style="margin-left:40px"><span class="">"We aim to work with Telecom Infra Project (TIP) members to build an active open source community around cellular access technology development and to select trial locations for further validation of technical, functional, and operational aspects of the platform."<br><br>"The hardware was designed with simplicity in mind, to encourage people to deploy their own cellular networks. Many people might not realize that running their own cellular networks is not only possible but also doesn’t require substantial technical expertise."<br><br>"The first implementation of our platform will be available this summer."<br><br>"We also aim to contribute OpenCellular to TIP so everyone in the ecosystem can benefit from this technology. Our goal is to build an active open source community around cellular access technology development."<br><br></span><a href="mailto:opencellular@fb.com" target="_blank">opencellular@fb.com<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br clear="all"><br>-- <br></font></span></a><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><a href="mailto:opencellular@fb.com" target="_blank"></a><div dir="ltr"><a href="mailto:opencellular@fb.com" target="_blank">Unsung Heroes of OLPC, interviewed live @ </a><a href="http://unleashkids.org" target="_blank">http://unleashkids.org</a> !<br clear="all"><br>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr">Unsung Heroes of OLPC, interviewed live @ <a href="http://unleashkids.org" target="_blank">http://unleashkids.org</a> !</div></div>
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