[wirelesstoronto-discuss] App idea

[Lee Andrew MacNeill]

  Specifically, there are a number of applications that will turn an iphone into an ad-hoc wifi router, using 3g as the backhaul. This got me wondering if there as any utility in creating a similar app that could be configured to use either 3g/edge or a neighbouring closed wifi hotspot (such as second cup or starbucks) and repeat a wireless Toronto open hotspot.
Brilliant, I love it!  Can you write it?  



Also, how does one release an app on the App Store, so people needn't (necessarily) jailbreak?

   Is this the sort of thing that could be cobbled together from existing open source technology, or would it be a major programming challenge? If it's the former, iot might be worth creating versions for WinMo and Android, and unleash a legion of ad-hoc hotspots.

I like the sound of that.  I can't use real VoIP on the iPhone?  Fine.  I'll use the iPhone's 3G as a backhaul for a mobile hotspot, and use the real VoIP on the netbook in my backpack instead.  Eat it, Rogers.

   Also, are there legal implications we should be worried about?

 Probably not.  But once people realize the implications of someone giving away an app like this, expect the fearmongering to start.



I think this is when we may find out that the capped data plans, even the big ones, are the real problem after all.
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