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I don't know much about networking... I've been to ski resorts where there's no phone reception, and I love it that way. No one's on their phones. But it's eas
by willsmith72 3y ago
I don't know much about networking...
I've been to ski resorts where there's no phone reception, and I love it that way. No one's on their phones. But it's easy to lose someone for an entire day (or until your agreed meeting time).
Is it possible to use something like this to setup a wireless network which would facilitate chat without a connection to the outside world?
Ok now that I typed it it sounds crazy but I always thought this should be possible
- timeon 3y agoI vaguely remember commercial from 90s. It was Ericsson? phone that could message to another nearby Ericsson phone even without GSM. Or was it Nokia? Google gives my just recent products.
- eimrine 3y agoSeems like PTT but I could not manage this thing to work on any Nokias I owned.
- post-it 3y agoThere's a similar app designed for cruises, where you can talk peer-to-peer over the ship's wifi without actually being online. It could work if you have a wifi antenna with you.
- joeframbach 3y agoRecently my wife and I had separate seats in an airplane and we didn't want to pay for texting. I thought about how I could set up my phone as a hotspot with a captive portal which just presents a chat interface. Nothing came of it, but it was something interesting to think about on a flight, at least.
- janandonly 3y agoAren't iMessages free on most in-flight wifi's today[1]? Also: I tried this on a United/KLM flight recently, and it didn't work for me. [1] https://onemileatatime.com/news/united-airlines-free-inflight-messaging/ https://onemileatatime.com/news/united-airlines-free-infligh...