Re:Qaul – Internet Independent Wireless Mesh Communication App
by esafak on Tuesday October 17, 2023 @10:33PM
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This appears to intended to enable activists to organize protests with just their phones when the centralized telecommunication infrastructure is disrupted by the government. It is a different use case.
Re:Qaul – Internet Independent Wireless Mesh Communication App
by ajsnigrutin on Wednesday October 18, 2023 @07:34AM
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You'll never get a critical mass of nerds to make such a short-range mesh viable.
On the other hand, a $20 meshtastic node somewhere up a highrise can cover half the city
Re:Qaul – Internet Independent Wireless Mesh Communication App
by sunshine-o on Wednesday October 18, 2023 @10:06AM
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Interesting but what kind of load could it take ?
From what I remember the data rate with LoRa is very low...
In this case how many user could chat simultaneously? 10s, 100s, 1000s, more?
Re:Qaul – Internet Independent Wireless Mesh Communication App
by bnpxft on Wednesday October 18, 2023 @10:53AM
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The Meshtastic site says that supports up to 80 device nodes depending on settings used.
It is more geared towards a group of trusted people communicated with each other than a general purpose network anyone can use.
For ~$20 you can get a LoRa dongle and https://meshtastic.org/, and with some luck (someone putting a node on a hgh building or a hill), you can reach quite impressive distances.