Re: GGSN p-t-p address?

Hi Keith! I don't see how it would be a problem if people use a FLOSS phone to connect to mainstream commercial GSM or UMTS networks. I don't see those networks as advertising-funded, they sure seem subscriber-funded to me (everyone pays a monthly bill to get a SIM with a phone number), and if you have the complete source code plus hardware schematics for your phone, then *you* control what your phone does and doesn't do, and it simply interacts with the operator's network in accordance with standard protocol specs. If I use the cellular voice network of T-Mobile USA with my own phone (not issued and not approved by T-Mobile) for everyday mundane business like calling in to say that I am on my way in traffic when I'm running a little late for an appointment, I don't see how I am giving away my thoughts or my mind or my freedom - in my view, I am not. If someone is interested enough in my mobile-side work to sponsor my travel costs, then sure, and in that case the prospective sponsor would need to tell me now so I can start the months-long application process for the travel document - it can't be done at the last minute. In the absence of such interest and sponsorship, I do hope to make it out to OsmoCon on my own dime eventually, but it won't be next year: it would have to be after my surgery, which means at least another 2-3 years. Leah Rowe of Libreboot just got hers done (vimuser.org/surgery), now it's time for mine, so that's where I am currently directing all of my spare money. If you do host something in Mexico (preferably somewhere close to the border like Tijuana), that should definitely be affordable for me to travel to on my own! I am just north of that border. M~