jwr1@kbin.earth to Technology@lemmy.world · 17 hours agoThis Tiny Radio Lets Me Send Texts Without Wi-Fi or Cell Servicewww.howtogeek.comexternal-linkmessage-square60fedilinkarrow-up1308arrow-down112
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minus-squareartyom@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down1·15 hours agoSome people already are https://map.nycmesh.net/ But the point of LoRa is in the name, long range. Wifi barely reaches outside my house. Also a WiFi mesh is dependent on a variety of complicated and proprietary networks and systems while meshtastic is entirely independent.
minus-squareCaptain Aggravated@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 hours agoIsn’t LoRa proprietary? Like, Meshtastic is open source, but something about the radio itself is proprietary tech?
Some people already are
https://map.nycmesh.net/
But the point of LoRa is in the name, long range. Wifi barely reaches outside my house. Also a WiFi mesh is dependent on a variety of complicated and proprietary networks and systems while meshtastic is entirely independent.
Isn’t LoRa proprietary? Like, Meshtastic is open source, but something about the radio itself is proprietary tech?
No.