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[–] 19 points 1 year ago (1 child)

I always thought these were more like walkie talkies for messaging than telephones that you can call anyone.

Like it would be good if cell serivce goes down.

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  • [–] 30 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    That's pretty much exactly what they are. Text message in walkie-talkies. With the added benefit that if your friend can't hear you, but another friend is in between, your message automatically gets relayed through their walkie-talkie.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    If I wanted to transmit, for example, temperature and humidity from a sensor once every 5 minutes, would the network be willing to carry my signals?

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  • [–] 18 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    https://meshtastic.org/docs/configuration/radio/device/

    SENSOR is one of the defined device roles. And whether for personal automation or public information, it is a reasonable use case for the network.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    Everything I learn about this project is so cool. I can’t go through the docs right now, but I’m assuming it can prioritize things like emergency communication over sensor data.

    There’s no public nodes in a 200+ km radius around me on that site someone linked, so something tells me I’ll have to do a lot of guerilla solar panel installation if I want to anonymously set up something.

    I’ve thought about it on and off over the past two years, more of a private network for family and friends than anything, for emergencies and so on. The real, big problem is that I could be accused of espionage and thrown into jail forever if I do this. So I don’t think I’ll see anyone putting any nodes up for the foreseeable future. At least not public nodes.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Can you message random people or have to already know their contact info?

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