I remember that at the back of old 2600 magazines, they used to have pictures of phone booths from across the world. Maybe they still do I, I haven’t seen one of those in a while.
Well this idea definitely is worth noting: using humans with cell phones as phone boxes with legs. Imaginative solution for a common problem.
[Via Smart mobs]
update: My favorite LDC connectivity specialist informs me that Bangladesh saw people adopting a similar situation where individuals would start a business reselling cell phone time. The idea snowballed.
My favorite LDC specialist was right.
Boing boing point to a Reuteurs story about this.
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=technologyNews&storyID=2962498
http://boingboing.net/2003_06_01_archive.html#200443082