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Re:Iraq blocks Facebook, Twitter, WhatsApp, and Instagram, s... by viraptor on Thursday October 03, 2019 @09:05AM (#21146477)
Lora is not for general usage / internet. Basic messaging - maybe. But it achieves a few kbps in good conditions.
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Re:Iraq blocks Facebook, Twitter, WhatsApp, and Instagram, s... by trust07007707 on Thursday October 03, 2019 @10:52AM (#21147668)
Recall we had a whole interactive/social world in the 80s with BBSs with 300 baud acoustically coupled modems.
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