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lepinkainen@lemmy.world ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

They’re a mesh walkie-talkie, but you don’t need to walkie or talkie 😁

Meshnet means that if A can see B and B can see C, then A can message C, it’s routed through B automatically.

Also it’s text only, not enough bandwidth for speech

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cryoistalline@lemmy.ml ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
Isn’t this just like the internet though?

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- bagelberger@lemmy.world ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  That’s the point, but it doesn’t require an ISP
  
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- lepinkainen@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  Internet routing is a bit more complex, but basically yes.
  
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PalmTreeIsBestTree@lemmy.world ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
So it’s like a pager?

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- JackbyDev@programming.dev ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  When I think of pagers I think of receiving only not sending. Meshtastic devices can typically do both.
  
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- iglou@programming.dev ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  Kind of. But it is my understanding that pagers work with centralised transmitters/stations. I am no expert though, so maybe there is mesh-like pager protocols.
  
  This is decentralised, a mesh. Routing is done through the terminals themselves, rather than through a centralised transmitter.
  
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