So it’s like a pager?
Comment on What if the Internet Goes Down? - 15 Jan, 7PM CET
lepinkainen@lemmy.world 18 hours agoThey’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
PalmTreeIsBestTree@lemmy.world 15 hours ago
JackbyDev@programming.dev 15 hours ago
When I think of pagers I think of receiving only not sending. Meshtastic devices can typically do both.
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.
cryoistalline@lemmy.ml 15 hours ago
Isn’t this just like the internet though?
bagelberger@lemmy.world 14 hours ago
That’s the point, but it doesn’t require an ISP
lepinkainen@lemmy.world 11 hours ago
Internet routing is a bit more complex, but basically yes.