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- No it doesn't scare mobile phone networks.
- Radio amateurs who are testing this are reporting all manner of issues.
The source code was forked and people got their noses out of joint.- I see no evidence that this will scale anywhere near the penetration of mobile phone networks.
- It shares the LoRA frequency bands that are miniscule compared with the spectrum use of mobile phones.
Edit: Removed item 3, there is a split, though apparently not strictly a fork, in the "meshcore" community, not "meshtastic". While I'm aware of these projects, and have read numerous posts from fellow radio amateurs, I'm not following closely, mainly because I have plenty of other amateur radio projects to pursue.
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LOL "scares cell carriers" come on now. We all enjoy a bit of clicbait but this is egregious. 😆
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scared of: "new node test" "test seen" "hello from [city]" "recieved in [other city]"
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Respecfully, anytime I see something like this or people claim meshtastic/core is the "way of the future" I just cringe.
Yes, mesh has it's uses, but for the cost you can pick up decent GMRS or MURS gear that will give you 10x the range (yes, I understand GMRS can only have up to 1 second dara burst every 30 seconds, manually operated).
I personally don't see the hype over mesh that other systems can't do other than form factor.
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Tired of seeing rubbish like this. Nobody is scared
Even worse, here in Australia, companies are trying to market these things as a safety device to hikers on Facebook.
There is even a 4g product being marketed as unlimited coverage (it is not, as most of Australia does not have cell networks)
DO NOT RELY ON PRODUCTS LIKE THESE FOR HIKING.
Get a plb and a satellite messenger (if you want real-time tracking).
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1 comment in c/technology@lemmy.ml view that post
Such a clickbate title
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