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Vanu Replacing Cell Tower Equipment With PCs

Posted by timothy on from the folgers-commodity-software-crystals dept.

Dwight Schwartz writes "As reported in an article on the ScienceDaily site, researchers from Vanu, Inc. of Cambridge, MA, have successfully tested a system, the Vanu Software Radio(tm), that can replace a cellular tower's room full of communications hardware with a Pentium-based computer running Linux. The system offers the hope of making cellular technology more affordable for small, rural communities." The systems have been tested for the last several months in parts of Texas, with wider adoption planned for the near future.

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  1. But... by cliffy2000 · · Score: -1, Troll

    Will "sudo rm -rf" will delete my phone?

  2. "Can you hear me now?" by imag0 · · Score: -1, Troll

    Segfault. Core Dumped.

  3. Trolling Billy's flamebaited Gates by krray · · Score: -1, Troll

    Wait, wait -- I thought we couldn't USE computer without using Windows or something like that. And ONE (1) computer?! Surely you need at least 3 or 4 so when one is being patched and rebooted the other can BSOD itself so that the other two won't hopefully choke on the load and crash, or become infected with a virus and/or worm. We WANT to spend hundreds or thousands of additional dollars on quality like that, don't we?

    Nah.

  4. morons replacing corepirate nazis with creator's by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    planet/population rescue initiative/newclear power plan.

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