They've done it before (cancelled amateur radio comms) during WW1 and WW2. One of the reasons I am thinking twice about putting up a tower...not quite as easy to hide as a couple of wires are. I know that RF signals can be seen and located from space and flying aircraft but...
Little Brother is only anti-authoritarian because in that world, the "wrong" side has the authority. Cory Doctorow plays at being Left-libertarian, but would happily see us all loaded on boxcars if his favored side can just get enough power to purge our wrongthink.
He's not a bad writer, but he is a Democratic Socialist.
I looked into the meshtastic stuff at one point. It's a neat idea but "Long Range" may not mean what you think it means. Longer than BlueTooth. I'm not shitting on it, it's a cool idea.
I looked into the meshtastic stuff at one point. It's a neat idea but "Long Range" may not mean what you think it means. Longer than BlueTooth. I'm not shitting on it, it's a cool idea.
New Meshtastic Range - 254km (158 miles) WARNING: This will be a long post! 🫠 Canadian apologies in advance. NOTE: If you right-click and open images in new tab, you will be able to see full quality. Achieving large ranges with the weather balloon was a really great experience, and even aside...
Practical use is 1km in suburban type areas. The tradeoff is range vs bandwidth. If you're sending one bit of data really slowly, you get more range.
However, since it's a mesh, you can extend that range by adding more devices. They will continue to work out the best path(s) between themselves and other devices.