Mesh networking for analog phones is a good concept, but to be broadly useful it also needs to support digital communications, with computers or smart phones as the client devices. It would seem what while developing them, you ought to go ahead and enable them for broader uses.

My concern is emergency disaster situations, and here in the U.S., as elsewhere, emergency response will require the conveyance of data as well as voice. I have been involved in some disasters and data communications proved to actually be more important than voice communication. From maps to inventories, logistic control to medical imaging, ground-penetrating radar to biometric identification. The list goes on. We can use CB or handheld shortwave for voice. Data is the main need.

-- Jon

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