Remember the time you had a friend sitting in the car going in front of you and you wanted to tell him that you wanted them to stop to decide where to eat? Of course you do. Well, then you also remember you couldn't make the call to him even though he was just some ten metres away from you because you didn't have a signal to your local tower. That sounded weird, and you grumbled at the funniness of not being able to call someone who was so close by. That problem may be a thing of the past. The idea that you had all that while, that you told everyone about, someone else actually implemented it.
And who else could it be but the Swedes. They've gone and made this: TerraNet's 1km range peer-to-peer mobile system. Nice chaps.
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Problem is, we're in India. A place where GPRS is still expensive!
That's precisely where this would help. You could have a no-charge local network. It has a 1km range, you see. I don't know how it'll be on the battery though.
I'm saying new technology won't get in easily.
That's up to us though. It'd be useful even for a small number. Imagine, we could set up a parabolic dish and stand at the center and talk for free to each other! :D
Will it have 100 free SMS per day?
Why? If you've got Airtel, we know a trick to help you get that.
I'm a Hutch customer. But I like the pug more.
What do you mean 'but'? That's not a but. This, is a but.
Or I could just come to your physical location to talk to you.
What trick is that? I doubt it works anymore. Not sitting and sending messages till midnight hoping to corrupt the message counter.
Ah, no no. I confirmed it also. They charged me 5p on one message and then I fixed it and they stopped charging me. It'll only work on Airtel and is useless if you don't (send 1300+ messages a month or talk some two and a half hours+).
Was planning to move anyway when my balance runs out for the GPRS.
Very good, sir. We will help you then.