31 Dec
2009
31 Dec
'09
1:44 p.m.
1) whenever those teenagers register to your local
network, they will no
longer
be reachable from the public network, i.e. their parents or other
friends
cannot call them on their regular phone
I'm aware of this, and i forget to tell that the gsm net will be limited
to the organisators and the youth advisor.
People who e.g. expect emergency calls to work
reliably - something that
OpenBSC
clearly cannot offer at this time.
The fact of emergency call's are not the problem, on camp site we got the
so
called TEL and a DRK Station, both are official branches of the emergency
control stations.
So if someone calls 112 with need for a doctor, he will get one :)
3) Also, I am not sure if you are already providing a
telecommunication
service
to the public at that point. There are regulations regarding data
safety,
privacy but also lawful intercept and data retention that need to be
considered. Operating an actual network for people who just want to
use it
(as opposed to people who want to test and research GSM technology) is
really a different case.
In 2009 we use a huge number of 2m Radio's. These Radio's are normaly used
by the German Firefighters.
And are Devices taken from fire engines.
* Or do you want to provide free calls / sms for your
camp attendees?
(do you want your youngsters to spend even more time with their phones
than usually?)
The main reason providing a own gsm network, is that in 2009 my
mobile
phone bill breaks the 200€ milestone. If we talking about the financial
site, there are up to 120 people doing organisation stuff the hole day.
Those People normaly use on of the radio's to communicate with each other.
When the person i wanna talk to isn't reachable trough his radio, i call
him.
Thats why i think that a own GSM Network is a realy good idea for this
event.
* Or are you simply interested in doing it because
it's cool? ;)
Jap, this is truely also a reason :)