▲ 1084 ▼ What if the Internet Goes Down? - 15 Jan, 7PM CET (lemmy.ml) submitted 10 months ago by chobeat@lemmy.ml to c/technology@lemmy.world 271 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] PalmTreeIsBestTree@lemmy.world 1 point 10 months ago (2 children) So it’s like a pager? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 8 points 10 months ago* When I think of pagers I think of receiving only, not sending. Meshtastic devices can typically do both. permalink fedilink source parent [–] iglou@programming.dev 6 points 10 months 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. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 8 points 10 months ago* When I think of pagers I think of receiving only, not sending. Meshtastic devices can typically do both. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] iglou@programming.dev 6 points 10 months 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. permalink fedilink source parent
