Jehovah
spicy pancakeso when we all switching to Internet 2 over ham radio? (i need to get my license)
You mean meshtastic?
Or Meshcore if you’re in a fairly populated area.
(and if youre okay with a closed source android app)
Yeah, the official app isn’t super open-source, but the protocol is, and other companion apps are being developed. So far the only restriction I’ve found is that I’ve got to wait 10 seconds when doing remote repeater admin via the mesh.
Or just run it on a standalone, like a T-Deck, which is what I normally do! Bonus, you can stick M5 Launcher on the T-Deck, and bounce back and forth between 'tastic and 'core with a simple reboot.
I’m very confused with meshcore, I can’t find what kind of device I need and the store only sells licences.
MalReynoldsI’ll drop this again, network layer is not really my bailiwick, but to my mind, the only thing stopping mesh networks from taking off is a lack of motivation, the tech is everywhere, especially in high density environments.
People generally don’t need the full speed of their internet all, or even most of the time, they mostly buy a speed they can afford that makes their big downloads (e.g. games, updates, perhaps streaming) more tolerable. If a mesh system could aggregate a bunch of users connections for speed they could probably buy cheaper plans knowing that when they need it they can have the speed.
Anyone knowledgeable in the ways of meshtastic or other such, does it, or anything else you know of fill this niche ? The wallet is always a good motivator…
Presumably ISPs etc would quickly make it against terms of service, but if there’s some bucks in it a lot of people won’t care…, and how can they tell?
You mean i2p?