Wireless service upgrade enablement

1. A method, comprising:

selecting one or more user equipment based at least on tracked information related to quality of a wireless service for user equipment in a geographic region;

messaging the selected one or more user equipment to offer at least upgraded wireless service relative to a current wireless service for the user equipment in the geographic region, wherein the offer for the upgraded wireless service is contingent on one or more users of the one or more user equipment meeting one or more criteria; and

in response to the one or more users of the one or more user equipment meeting the one or more criteria, transmitting to the one or more user equipment a service provider commitment to deploy new wireless infrastructure to provide, within a specific time interval, coverage over at least a portion of the geographic region.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the one or more users of the one or more user equipment meeting the one or more criteria comprise the one or more users providing an original commitment of resources from the one or more users of the one or more user equipment.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein a plurality of users corresponding to a plurality of user equipment must meet the one or more criteria and commit to the original commitment of resources in order for the transmitting of the service provider commitment to occur.

4. The method of claim 2 , wherein the method further comprises, in response to the one or more users of the one or more user equipment meeting the one or more criteria, receiving an indication of the one or more users recommitting to the original commitment of resources.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the one or more criteria comprise at least a certain number of users agree to host an access point, and wherein transmitting further comprises transmitting to the one or more user equipment associated with the certain number of users the service provider commitment to deploy new wireless infrastructure to provide, within the specific time interval, coverage over at least the portion of the geographic region.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein transmitting the service provider commitment to deploy new wireless infrastructure further comprises transmitting the service provider commitment to deploy new wireless resources conditional upon at least one of:

a petition successfully obtaining physical hosting location for the new wireless infrastructure; and

the one or more users committed to host the new wireless infrastructure pass a goodness of fit test, verifying that each corresponding location is sufficient for hosting the new wireless infrastructure.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein selecting further comprises selecting the one or more user equipment based at least on one or both of throughput or battery life for the selected one or more user equipment while in the geographic region not meeting associated thresholds.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein selecting further comprises selecting the one or more user equipment based at least on roaming traffic for the selected one or more user equipment while in the geographic region not meeting a threshold.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein selecting further comprises selecting the one or more user equipment based at least on a specific age of the user equipment for the selected one or more user equipment and the geographical region is a selected geographical region.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein selecting further comprises selecting the one or more user equipment based at least on one or both of an application or an operating system installation on the selected one or more user equipment and the geographical region is a selected geographical region.

11. The method of claim 1 , wherein the tracked information comprises one or more of the following: wireless messaging usage; wireless throughput; battery drain; battery life; or roaming traffic.

12. The method of claim 1 , wherein messaging further comprises conveying via the messaging an expected improvement in wireless user experience for at least a selected one of the one or more user equipment.

13. The method of claim 1 , wherein selecting further comprises selecting the one or more user equipment based at least on addresses of users associated with the one or more user equipment and the geographical region is a selected geographical region.

14. A method according to claim 1 , wherein the tracked information is obtained by a server service application from a client service application through an Internet connection, wherein the client service application operates on the one or more user equipment, the server service application operates on an Internet-based application provider that is independent from the operator of the wireless service, and the tracked information is transmitted from the client service application to the server service application via a connection that includes the wireless service and the Internet connection.

15. An apparatus, comprising:

one or more processors; and

one or more memories including computer program code,

the one or more memories and the computer program code configured, with the one or more processors, to cause the apparatus to perform at least the following:

selecting one or more user equipment based at least on tracked information related to quality of a wireless service for user equipment in a geographic region;

messaging the selected one or more user equipment to offer at least upgraded wireless service relative to a current wireless service for the user equipment in the geographic region, wherein the offer for the upgraded wireless service is contingent on one or more users of the one or more user equipment meeting one or more criteria; and

in response to the one or more users of the one or more user equipment meeting the one or more criteria, transmitting to the one or more user equipment a service provider commitment to deploy new wireless infrastructure to provide, within a specific time interval, coverage over at least a portion of the geographic region.

16. A computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium bearing computer program code embodied therein for use with a computer, the computer program code comprising:

code selecting one or more user equipment based at least on tracked information related to quality of a wireless service for user equipment in a geographic region;

code for messaging the selected one or more user equipment to offer at least upgraded wireless service relative to a current wireless service for the user equipment in the geographic region, wherein the offer for the upgraded wireless service is contingent on one or more users of the one or more user equipment meeting one or more criteria; and

code responsive to the one or more users of the one or more user equipment meeting the one or more criteria, for transmitting to the one or more user equipment a service provider commitment to deploy new wireless infrastructure to provide, within a specific time interval, coverage/over at least a portion of the geographic region.