- cross-posted to:
- technology@midwest.social
- technology@lemmy.ml
- cross-posted to:
- technology@midwest.social
- technology@lemmy.ml
Orig title: We Tested the Off-Grid Radio That Scares Cell Companies
Orig title: We Tested the Off-Grid Radio That Scares Cell Companies
What the mesh does that GMRS can’t do though is if the person is not by their radio, the minute you want them, then once their phone comes back within Bluetooth range of their radio, it will just download the message and notify them that they got a new message that they need to read.
With GMRS, if I’m taking a shower, and the radio is in my bedroom, and somebody calls me, then I just miss out. But with the mesh, somebody can just send me a message. And when I get back to my room, I’ll see it.
I get that, but GMRS allows data messages to be sent. Since Vero has been pushing for this, I can see other companies intigrating a APRS lite for GMRS.
I think mesh (when it works) is great for text messages. I thought it was really cool someone got BBS working. The other issue too is message collision (which APRS also suffers from)