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MidsizedSedan@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Is there a map that shows where are using them? It looks like a fun idea, but I don’t want to get something and no one is using it in my region. (Outback Australia)
Drew1718@lemmy.world 2 months ago
sunbeam60@feddit.uk 2 months ago
You’d be surprised.
sqgl@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
In NSW Australia there are hardly any two near each other. What is the point of all these people even buying one if you don’t team up with at least one neighbour?
sunbeam60@feddit.uk 2 months ago
Set up your own emergency grid. I’ve got a couple solar powered nodes around so I can contact my wife even from the villages that aren’t in mobile coverage.
rumba@lemmy.zip 2 months ago
If you can get one up high, they can reach hundreds of kilometers.
They’re all over the West Coast of the US because of all the hills, and there are generally decent nets in cities with high rises.
rumba@lemmy.zip 2 months ago
Dekkia@this.doesnotcut.it 2 months ago
meshmap.net
Being shown in maps like this is opt-in, so there’s an unknown amount of users which are not displayed.
MidsizedSedan@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I’m 100% OK with it being opt-in. If there is at least 1 in my state, I’ll bite
sqgl@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
One in your state? Wouldn’t you need one in your line of sight?
MidsizedSedan@lemmy.world 2 months ago
If everyone opens the map, sees the blank space, then walks away, no one will start.
I’ll be willing to start, and hopefully others will join.
rumba@lemmy.zip 2 months ago
On the up side, you can get a Heltec V3 for ~$20
On the down side, since everything is super low power, you absolutley need line of site to get our of your neighborhood