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Imagine a meshtastic network of devices across a city or country, broadcasting a set of rotating teletext pages with no ability to censor it. That would be some

Imagine a meshtastic network of devices across a city or country, broadcasting a set of rotating teletext pages with no ability to censor it. That would be something.

sucrosesucrose 5mo ago
> with no ability to censor it Except, of course, policemen knocking on your door. Wouldn't be necessary anyways, most people would not even try broadcasting on the mere threat of arrest.
- joezydeco 5mo ago
  Seems like we have all the key technologies to edit anonymously and distribute info P2P-style with no known central control mechanism.
cf100clunk 5mo ago
The same author dabbled in a similar project, so maybe there's a Teletext over ham radio tie-in possible? https://spectrum.ieee.org/run-a-meshtastic-bbs https://spectrum.ieee.org/run-a-meshtastic-bbs
- IrishJourno 5mo ago
  Author of the OP article here: Yes, you could 100% send teletext frames over meshtastic: if you're using the unlicensed bands you could even send full carousels with many pages, which is something that isn't really kosher under my reading of the FCC regs for amateur radio, which is why I stuck to a single page SSTV replacement in the article!
jlarocco 5mo ago
There are actually multiple implementation of networking over ham radio (though not using teletext). Some of the limitations are that ham radio requires getting a license (it's easy, but it's a little bit of work and turns some people off), the user base is tiny (it's a niche inside a niche), it requires technical knowledge and specialized hardware, and legally it can't be encrypted or used for commercial purposes. That's okay if your plan is to broadcast messages without censorship, but not so great if you want to check email or browse https sites. https://spectrum.ieee.org/build-a-longdistance-data-network-using-ham-radio https://spectrum.ieee.org/build-a-longdistance-data-network-... https://www.reddit.com/r/amateurradio/comments/5bj5w0/internet_over_ham_general_questions/ability https://www.reddit.com/r/amateurradio/comments/5bj5w0/intern...
pstuart 5mo ago
I can understand the appeal of that, but we live in a post-truth society where facts only matter to those who care about facts.
sitzkrieg 5mo ago
aprs is basically here

Imagine a meshtastic network of devices across a city or country, broadcasting a set of rotating teletext pages with no ability to censor it. That would be something.

sucrosesucrose 5mo ago

> with no ability to censor it Except, of course, policemen knocking on your door. Wouldn't be necessary anyways, most people would not even try broadcasting on the mere threat of arrest.

joezydeco 5mo ago
Seems like we have all the key technologies to edit anonymously and distribute info P2P-style with no known central control mechanism.

cf100clunk 5mo ago

The same author dabbled in a similar project, so maybe there's a Teletext over ham radio tie-in possible? https://spectrum.ieee.org/run-a-meshtastic-bbs https://spectrum.ieee.org/run-a-meshtastic-bbs

IrishJourno 5mo ago
Author of the OP article here: Yes, you could 100% send teletext frames over meshtastic: if you're using the unlicensed bands you could even send full carousels with many pages, which is something that isn't really kosher under my reading of the FCC regs for amateur radio, which is why I stuck to a single page SSTV replacement in the article!

jlarocco 5mo ago

There are actually multiple implementation of networking over ham radio (though not using teletext). Some of the limitations are that ham radio requires getting a license (it's easy, but it's a little bit of work and turns some people off), the user base is tiny (it's a niche inside a niche), it requires technical knowledge and specialized hardware, and legally it can't be encrypted or used for commercial purposes. That's okay if your plan is to broadcast messages without censorship, but not so great if you want to check email or browse https sites. https://spectrum.ieee.org/build-a-longdistance-data-network-using-ham-radio https://spectrum.ieee.org/build-a-longdistance-data-network-... https://www.reddit.com/r/amateurradio/comments/5bj5w0/internet_over_ham_general_questions/ability https://www.reddit.com/r/amateurradio/comments/5bj5w0/intern...

pstuart 5mo ago

I can understand the appeal of that, but we live in a post-truth society where facts only matter to those who care about facts.

sitzkrieg 5mo ago

aprs is basically here