The Picard Maneuver@startrek.websiteM to memes@lemmy.world · 2 years agoWe're going in the wrong direction, guys.startrek.websiteimagemessage-square76fedilinkarrow-up1774
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minus-squareJilanico@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agoI mean instead of using the radios to communicate with towers, use them to communicate with each other. Don’t know if the phone’s cellular radio could be used but certainly WiFi direct would work?
minus-squareKoalaUnknown@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years agoYou can but signals can only go so far and the earth is round so you need a mesh network with a lot of users to make it work.
minus-squareJilanico@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 years agoYup. People in rural areas could probably set up powerful radios to connect cities. Crossing oceans might be a problem. Found an app called Briar that does this sort of thing for messaging.
I mean instead of using the radios to communicate with towers, use them to communicate with each other. Don’t know if the phone’s cellular radio could be used but certainly WiFi direct would work?
You can but signals can only go so far and the earth is round so you need a mesh network with a lot of users to make it work.
Yup. People in rural areas could probably set up powerful radios to connect cities. Crossing oceans might be a problem.
Found an app called Briar that does this sort of thing for messaging.