[sudoroom] raspberry pi mobile phone network

[Leonid Kozhukh]

quick google search yields an open source alternative:
http://dangerousprototypes.com/2012/03/20/introducing-rtl-sdr-a-20-sdr/

even at $1k price point, remember you are replacing a 200ft hunk of metal +
electronics that many people have died servicing. these are the types of
things that im perfectly willing to take on legal risk and find financing
for as they are that important and impactful...


On Sat, Dec 22, 2012 at 10:04 PM, Steve Berl <steveberl at gmail.com> wrote:

> In the video that "extra hardware" is an Ettus Research USRP SDR radio.
> Probably cost around $1000.
>
> You also wouldn't want to do this outdoors because your base station would
> interfere with the commercial cell phone base stations, and I think the
> phone company would hunt you down pretty quickly.
>
> Now if you could figure out how to make your own SIM cards, and had
> unlocked phones ....
>
> -steve
>
>
> On Sat, Dec 22, 2012 at 6:25 PM, Leonid Kozhukh <len at ligertail.com> wrote:
>
>> apparently its possible (illegal) to replace large cell towers with
>> raspberry pis and open source software:
>> http://www.newelectronics.co.uk/electronics-news/basestation-created-on-raspberry-pi/46960/
>>
>> anyone down to get this working?
>>
>> --
>> len
>>
>> founder, ligertail
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len

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