Communal discovery of network coverage

A method for a device having plural wireless transceivers and knowing a current location to obtain at least a portion of a global coverage map, the method comprising:

• identifying a map server for the global coverage map for the current location;
• providing a description of the device to the map server;
• receiving a coverage map from the map server per the description;
• and
• selecting a connection for the current location based at least in part on the coverage map.

An article, comprising:

• a machine-accessible medium having associated data, wherein the data, when accessed, results in a machine having plural wireless transceivers and knowing its location performing:
• recording the device's current location in the local connectivity map;
• for each configuration of a first transceiver of the plural wireless transceivers, determining first connectivity for the first transceiver, and recording the first connectivity in the local connectivity map;
• and
• for each configuration of a second transceiver of the plural wireless transceivers, determining second connectivity for the second transceiver, and recording the second connectivity in the local connectivity map.

An article, comprising:

• a machine-accessible medium having associated data, wherein the data, when accessed, results in a machine having plural wireless transceivers and knowing a current location performing:
• identifying a map server for the global coverage map for the current location;
• providing a description of the device to the map server;
• receiving a coverage map from the map server per the description;
• and
• selecting a connection for the current location based at least in part on the coverage map.