From: rek2@usenet_reborn.tui
> [in reply to ReK2 Hispagatos ]
> On 05/25/2025 10:31 AM, ReK2 Hispagatos wrote:
> > Just wondering, I found about this mesh technologies around 2-3 weeks a go
>
>
> Mesh technologies don't work except in contrived geographies. It all
> comes down to the fact that radio signals with frequencies higher than
> 30 MHz or so don't bounce off the ionosphere. That means they are line
> of sight only. If your phone's radio doesn't have a clear path between
> it and the potential receiver it simple won't work.
>
> Cell phone networks work because they pay the big money to get their
> nodes up high above surrounding terrain with power and data. That's
> really only feasible for mesh networks in coastal cities with mountains
> or mega-cities where residents have access to the roofs.
>
> Even store and forward doesn't help these "mesh" line of sight networks
> when all the antennas are a max of about 2 meters above terrain.
>
> I wouldn't bother. Which is to say, I've already spent years and years
> playing with VHF and up IP and otherwise data networks over radio. And I
> can tell you from personal experience: that little rise in the land, or
> being in a little dip, is going to kill things. Mesh networks don't work
> without big bucks being invested.
>
Have you actually research/study LoRa technologies?
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