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Verizon is down, with many users seeing 'SOS' – here's everything we know about this outage (www.techradar.com)
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Seemingly 'SOS' is replacing network bars

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[–] 42 points 10 months ago (3 children)

Happy to report that meshtastic is still functioning, despite not being charged a monthly service fee.

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  • [–] 13 points 10 months ago (2 children)

    What ways do you use meshtastic? Did you setup any friends or family with terminals? It's kinda just like a group text right?

    I've been thinking about setting one up myself but I'm not sure what I'd do with it. Im not sure I could convince anyone to use it even if I gifted them a radio. And I get enough of hams just chatting about their gear on HF...

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  • [–] 9 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    I have not done so yet, but I'm going to set up a few of my family members with nodes, but I'm going to get them one of those helltec mesh pocket nodes since it's also a phone backup battery. That way they'll be likely to actually carry it with them.

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  • [–] 7 points 10 months ago

    This is the way. You get permission to install an infrastructure node on their roof to help build out mesh connectivity. If this house is on a hill, great. If it’s not, that’s fine. It can still help contribute.

    The mesh must grow.

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