Re: [Openbts-bm2011] Fw: [bm-wifi] BM 2012 WiFi summit

[Peter S. <pe...@st...>]

Tim Panton wrote:
> This is odd, why is it that in a crunch, neither Mark nor Aaron are
> prepared to use OpenBTS technology?

For me the point is to have backup technology which is completely
independent, so that there is communications regardless of the state
of our OpenBTS technology, but maybe more importantly also regardless
of power supplies and connectivity.

A tote with handhelds perhaps requires less setup than a BTS.


> Why would we want old Snom phones with moving parts and wires,vpn
> and power requirements in the desert, when we can have a nice cheap
> Moroccan nokia handset which is sealed and where the battery lasts
> a week?

If there are enough cell phones for everyone we'd like to provide
service to then certainly wireless > wired! On the other hand there
may be some department functions which really are stationary, then
I think it also makes sense to have a stationary phone, both for the
operator at that function and for callers.


> Likewise why does Aaron want to use MotoRadios and repeaters,
> when we can use a BTS with a range of 25km ?!?

Repeater I don't know about, that does somehow defeat the purpose of
the handheld device being independent. For me the point of a handheld
as backup is when there's a BTS problem and we want to communicate
anyway.


//Peter