Comment on This Tiny Radio Lets Me Send Texts Without Wi-Fi or Cell Service
artyom@piefed.social 3 days agoSome people already are
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.
captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 3 days ago
Isn’t LoRa proprietary? Like, Meshtastic is open source, but something about the radio itself is proprietary tech?
artyom@piefed.social 3 days ago
No.
captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
Yes. LoRa (from “long range”, sometimes abbreviated as “LR”) is a physical proprietary radio communication technique.[2] It is based on spread spectrum modulation techniques derived from chirp spread spectrum (CSS) technology.[3] It was developed by Cycleo, a company of Grenoble, France, and patented in 2014.
artyom@piefed.social 2 days ago
Did you have a question?