Gregory's ServerAre there any cell networks/sim providers/phone number holders that are run as a coop or collective? Not talking about mesh networks or LoRA or any of these more obscure technologies.
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 @liaizon I haven't yet encountered any co-op genuinely owning the means of production (or communication), nearest I've found here in UK is co-op mobile (from the retail co-operative) but they are just an MVNO reselling British Telecom (EE) mobile resources... @liaizon I think that was an experimental GSM/LTE network rather than a public facing one, I remember reading a few websites explaining how you can do it (including how to get the Communications Ministry to allow you to use frequency spectrum), it wasn't even that difficult in any CEPT country (EU/EEA+UK+a few others) but there were limits on what you could use it for and it couldn't compete with any commercial mobile operators.. @liaizon there is this long standing project in Oaxaca that does/did this kind of infra setup with communities in the mountains there https://www.rhizomatica.org/what-we-do/  |
I know you can port your number to JMP.chat but I sorta assume they are using some 3rd party service that is the actual owner of the number