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Re:How to run a city-wide wireless network from a drawer by thepasswordis on Sunday April 03, 2022 @05:59PM (#30901135)
I think many people don't realize the scale of the helium network. It is absolutely massive, and people are also using it.

https://explorer.helium.com/

Zoom in on your neighborhood and look at the number of nodes.

Here's my small town in Northern Maine: https://explorer.helium.com/hotspots/hex/882b1a06a5fffff

There are three hotspots available for a relatively obscure IoT network. Not only that, if you look at the data tab on these, they're actually getting use. Really cool.

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