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How does this compare to Briar? It doesn't seem to support creating a mesh via bluetooth?

• c_o_n_v_e_x 3y ago
  This uses WiFi which really limits the utility. Poor choice of physical layer imo. LoRa, WiFi HaLow, or an 802.15.4 based tech would be much better choices depending on range vs bandwidth.
  • smeej 3y ago
    This would have been useful in, say, a college dorm with one WiFi network for the building. I'm old enough that our dorms didn't have WiFi, but I do remember being pleasantly surprised I could listen to anyone's iTunes library over the LAN!
    • Scoundreller 3y ago
      Listen to? I think I ripped other people’s iTunes library with… was it mythnes?
      • c_o_n_v_e_x 3y ago
        We used DC++ in the mid-2000's
  • wkat4242 3y ago
    Yeah but what phone has a radio that can handle those?
  • lxgr 3y ago
    Do you mean it's unsuitable because of the frequency? Bluetooth LE has a "long range" mode that seemed to have been available on some iOS/iPhone versions (by accident?) for a while [1], and the range on that seems to be vastly better (i.e. on the order of hundreds of meters) than most 802.15.4 implementations I'm familiar with, and they both use the same frequency band. [1] https://developer.apple.com/forums/thread/665542 https://developer.apple.com/forums/thread/665542