A storm at the music festival with 5G internet down is a perfect use case for Reticulum or Meshtastic. Mental note: a permanent car rnode. Then find cool friends who to the same.

Also: always be in roaming. Choose a different operator when one is down.

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Yes, a van always needs more antennas!

Starlink as bridge for mesh relay

Back in the day, I ran a gotenna mesh node with an antenna on my roof over looking my city. Had about 20mi range. Relay via residential isp.

The downside? It was gotenna and hence useful to essentially nobody.