That's precisely why I'd like to see it as widely used as WhatsApp, in the event of an outage there's still a way to communicate then, so long as there's enough people around you
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Why? Do you live in a rural area?
Nah, I'm usually out on my boat away from everyone, but when I'm in town I'm usually in the most densely packed city in the UK - there, in theory, if enough people used it, we could easily communicate with people several miles away in the event of an internet outage...I'm actually really keen to see how this meshtastic stuff works out, with people experimenting with making it work with nostr and ecash
Ham radio mesh is a better approach cause the distance between links can be miles.
Is the new LoRa tech similar/interoperable with typical ham radio frequencies/tech? I like the idea of being able to set up several base stations that'd allow longer range comms but I really don't know enough about it
Looked at the diagram again. LoRa requires special equipment which is likely expensive. Otherwise it's great.