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An open source, off-grid, decentralized, mesh network built to run on affordable, low-power devices (meshtastic.org)
submitted 2 years ago by to c/opensource@lemmy.ml
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[–] 2 points 2 years ago (4 children)

I know, I kid, but yes, I just got it because it's cheap enough to try. In reality the only use case I envision right now is have a couple of units in the drawer for emergency scenarios.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    Have you been able to communicate with anyone else on the mesh network?

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Yup. There are people occasionally writing in LongFast.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Noice, so presumably these are other people within your town/city? I'm sorry, I just think this is cool af.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago*

    Yeah, I'm in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area (GTHA) in Canada. There's 40+ nodes on the map that I've discovered by sitting on my balcony and 70+ nodes altogether:

    I expected way fewer than that!

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