OpenBTS stands for Open Base Transciever Station. It is the foundation for free cellular service and Internet access. Ham radio operators were the first hackers, with active government repression until the government finally got a brain on this issue — ignorance always leads people with power lacking in integrity to do stupid things. Now OpenBTS is the “root” open (see a list of most but not all opens below) and is a vital part of creating the Autonomous Internet, providing a grid for Liberation Technology, and making possible the creation of the World Brain and Global Game that unleaches the brain entrepreneurship of the five billion poor whose annual aggregate income is four trillion dollars, four times that of the one billion rich.
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$250 Device Global Maps & Text Messages
CONNECT First, the Collective Intelligence Will Happen Naturally
Graphic: M4IS2 OpenBTS, Call Centers, Diasphora
John Robb: OpenBTS Village Base Station
Kickstart the Freedom Box–Micro-Giving Rocks!
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Mini-Me: Do-It-Yourself Cell Phones – A Tipping Point for Humanity
OpenBTS at Burning Man: Best Full Story
OpenBTS Egypt — Need to Flesh Out OpenBTS USA
OpenBTS GSM Simplified — Freeing Humanity
OpenMoko, OpenBTS, Free Your Phone & Humanity
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Range Networks: The ONLY OpenBTS Real Deal
Reference: OpenBTS Open Access Cellular Ham Hack
Reference: OpenMoko Mobile Open SW & HW
Reference: Open Source Everything – List
Search: how to use openbts in individual phones
Search: self made mobile device
UN Declares Internet Access a Human Right…
UN + Start-Up Seek to Get Poor Online with Cell Numbers
Big Picture Implications of OpenBTS: