that whole open source GSM loosely follows a design by a friend of mine for wireless internet access points using a system called hyperband. Once there were enough transmitters in a given area, the amount of data being pushed over fixed land lines would drop to zero and everything would be bounced back and forth between all the towers in the area in a true internet web. You could even bounce radio, cellular, and digital tv over the antennas the way they were designed. It was really cool. But leave it to the nasty monopolies to kill his idea dead in its tracks. He had the whole system up and running way back in the 80's and was pushing speeds we'd consider ridiculous even today. But the reason the monopolies killed it dead (well, they didn't actually "kill" it persay, but rather gave him some very "strongly" worded recommendations that he not release it, ever, priod. So he's sat on it since.) or at the very least, stopped it cold in its tracks, is because it could very quickly render all the major internet, telephone and media transmission companies (local cable companies, Dish, XM Radio, etc) obsolete. In fact, it would have buried a LOT of companies we require today to get our fill of goodies. So given that simple fact, don't expect to see it here anytime soon. My friend has the money to fight the big boys, but until people are properly sick and tired of being ripped off, gouged and pushed around, he's not going to whip it out of the closet. He wants to wait until the public support will be there for him. Throwing money at a problem and winning is one thing. Doing it with the full support of the public is something entirely different. That's like evicting someone by burning down their house while they're still in it. PS, if a Nokia rep is reading this, don't panic, you guys won't get obsolesced by the technology, as I know my friend will help you guys make the leap to the new tech. It's AT&T, Verizon, Sprint, UUnet, AOL, Comcast, Dish Network, and all those kinda guys who have something to sweat about.