prototyping a telephone service for the rest of humanity (tim panton)
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Tim's adventure installing a low cost GSM network on the small island of Nieu using Open Source.TRANSCRIPT
Prototyping a Telephone Service for the Rest of Humanity.
Tim Panton
twitter.com/steely_glint
Airport – no sig – not unusual
Half the world has no GSM signal
Growth in coverage is stalling
$500k Price Tag
GSM Network
OpenBTS
• Um->SIP converter
Asterisk PSTNOpenBTS SIP
Um
$50K
PriceTag
OpenBTS
• Um->SIP converter
Asterisk PSTNOpenBTS SIP
Um
Do 'difficult/mad' telephony
With David + Harvind to install a GSM network
Self-complete works with no outside network
Commodity components – important in storms
Open source asterisk can interconnect with existing
systems
Cruise ship
Diaspora / social (People pic)
Tower (current status)
Spectrum clash. (?)
