Patent ID: 8150400

Claim:
A communications method, comprising: receiving by a cellular base station in a cellular network a wireless data request for a telecommunications cellular service from a wireless client, wherein the wireless data request is from a cellular device that is outside of its assigned calling area within the cellular network; providing by the cellular base station a local exchange point of presence to the wireless client in response to the request, the local exchange point of presence selected based on the current geographic location of the wireless client, wherein the local exchange point of presence comprises a local telephone number that is provided to the wireless client; and providing the telecommunications cellular service to the wireless client with the local telephone number through the local exchange point of presence, wherein the cellular base station provides cellular telephone services, wherein providing the telecommunications cellular service comprises routing messages from a local first gateway over an intermediate through at least a top node to a remote second gateway, thereby avoiding long distance charges, wherein providing the telecommunications cellular service further comprises communicating with the wireless client from the local first gateway local to the geographic location of the wireless client; communicating with a second wireless client from the remote second gateway local to a geographic location of the second wireless client, the first and second gateways being geographically remote from each other; and routing messages from the local first gateway to the remote second gateway through at least one of the intermediate network and the top node, thereby avoiding long distance charges, wherein the intermediate network comprises at least one of the Internet and the World Wide Web.