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On a cruise ship, isn't the cheap walkie talkies still a thing? Or did those die with cell phones? For me the cell phone without internet is almost useless, no
by mlrtime 9mo ago
On a cruise ship, isn't the cheap walkie talkies still a thing? Or did those die with cell phones?
For me the cell phone without internet is almost useless, not much I can do on it, might as well sue a purpose built device. They're also very cheap.
Even better if Nextel still worked on phones (but without service).
- fc417fc802 9mo ago> For me the cell phone without internet is almost useless Projects like this one are a step towards fixing that. Personally I choose to keep both street and topographical maps of the entire continent locally on my phone. There are plenty of uses for a computer without a WAN connection.
- cbdevidal 9mo agoI once wrote an article detailing as many prepper uses for an offline phone as I could think of. Dozens of offline apps useful for a survival situation. My favorite might be ATAK, which is from the US military and allows a team to communicate encrypted over Wi-Fi or radios, completely offline. Share GPS coords, camera feeds, messages, map markers, all kinds of goodness. And if nothing else, you can always rupture the battery and start a fire :-)
- 6510 9mo agoThe boat could do a captive portal and provide it's own LAN?
- mlrtime 9mo agoThe boat could do a lot of things, but providing tech for free is not high on the list.
- Elfener 9mo agoThis is definitely a thing (though sometimes comes with a fee): https://www.cruisecritic.com/articles/texting-on-a-cruise-7-cruise-line-messaging-apps https://www.cruisecritic.com/articles/texting-on-a-cruise-7-...
- Elfener 9mo agoThe fact the even simple encryption with walkie-talkies is basically illegal might be problem (though I have no idea how/if that applies to at-sea ships).
- subscribed 9mo agoWell, it's not illegal per se. On the cruise I'd need to seek the written permission of the vessel's master's to operate :) (and ideally cruise company permission to even bring the transmitter on board) Unlicenced passengers could probably plead ignorance and sneak UHF DMR radios. Or get a business allocation and use P25 radios and once again plead ignorance :)