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New service in Japan to allow mobile users to use other carriers’ networks during outages (www.straitstimes.com)
submitted 7 months ago by to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[–] 3 points 7 months ago (1 child)

Meshtastic is great for this. I have a meshtastic node that is also a 10,000mAh backup phone battery. Just running it as a meshtastic node lasted 50 days on a single charge. And while I've not done another complete drain test on it again, I know for a fact that it lasts over 30 days every single time I charge it.

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  • [–] 2 points 7 months ago

    No one in rural Japan (or at least my corner of it) is doing meshtastic. Japan is more strict on power as well. I am a licensed HAM and even that is pretty thin on the ground up here these days. I had family visit and one brought a node. Nothing at all anywhere we travelled even in one of northern Japan's biggest cities

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