[ChuckMcM]

Sadly every cellular map I've seen has a big black hole with is Wyoming/Montana. I feel for your grandparents, beautiful country but no connectivity.

[BuuQu9hu]

Sounds like an opportunity for someone to come along and create a new network based on open source mobile stuff.

http://osmocom.org/

[ChuckMcM]

And it would, except that Charter communications owns rights to the cellular spectrum there. So once such a system were in place Charter would no doubt come in and take it away from you and then operate it at a profit if they could.

[analognoise]

"Open source mobile stuff." - Good plan, sounds well thought out, sign me up.

[BuuQu9hu]

If the CCC can do it every year, Burning Man can do it, Niue can do it, an island off Nicaragua can do it, then the middle of the USA can too.

http://wiki.rhizomatica.org/index.php/Rhizomatica_GSM http://www.h-online.com/open/features/Building-a-GSM-network... http://itp.junglebrains.com/setting-up-your-own-cellular-net...