1. A method comprising: receiving at one or more of a plurality of wireless telecommunications terminals a first signal from a wireless telecommunications terminal W, wherein said plurality of wireless telecommunications terminals belong to the same ad-hoc wireless network and are capable of participating as intermediary nodes in multi-hop routes through said ad-hoc wireless network, and wherein said wireless telecommunications terminal W is incapable of participating as an intermediate node in a multi-hop route through said ad-hoc wireless network; and transmitting, in response to said first signal, a second signal to said wireless telecommunications terminal W from a wireless telecommunications T of said plurality of wireless telecommunications terminals, wherein said second signal induces said wireless telecommunications terminal W to use said wireless telecommunications terminal T as a relay for a first message that is subsequently transmitted by said wireless telecommunications terminal W.