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Peer-to-Peer Cell Phones?

Posted by michael on from the telephone-tag dept.

Mike writes "This Wired article mentions that research firm SRI International has come up with a nifty way to lessen the need for the ugly cell towers that you see popping up everywhere (I love the ones here in Atlanta that are oh-so-cleverly dressed up to look like pine trees). Their PacketHop software would create a sort of peer-to-peer network, utilizing the unused power in phones in the vicinity as miniature relays, with your voice/data hopping from one phone to the next until it reaches a relay tower and its final destination."

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  1. Re:Batteries by TheAwfulTruth · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Redundant? There are only 4 posts, and this is a legitimate concern. Moderators on crack again.

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  2. Camoflaging Cell Towers by Alien54 · · Score: 1, Offtopic
    Interesting webpages for seeing the variety of techniques used to camoflage Cell towers: Some have decent pictures

    But some companies have been upset by camogflage requirements.

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