Another idea: create an easy way to set up pirate LTE base stations.
Hacked femtocells? SDR? Something more clever?
Distribute eSIMs to everyday people.
The pirate operator takes all the risk and technical difficulties.
Hacked femtocells? SDR? Something more clever?
Distribute eSIMs to everyday people.
The pirate operator takes all the risk and technical difficulties.
Unless we're talking about something like smuggled two way satellite terminals.
Having these pirate base stations mesh together is also achieveable. Freeing end user equipment from the requirement to mesh (not achieveable).
I mean, 10 bucks for an AP isn't far fetched whereas LTE antennas alone would explode in budget, even when considering to use OsmocomBB with super old hardware/phones.
And every phone these days got Wi-Fi anyways. Most meshnet solutions rely on Wi-Fi so you wouldn't even need to implement much software for peering.