cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/50312445
Assuming i never had to call anyone more than a few miles from me anyway, how practical would it be to stop having a phone altogether and just use MeshCore or Meshtastic for short range communication? What troubles would i run into from not having a phone?
I figure i could even buy radios for people i need to talk to and with no phone bill this would pay for itself in about a year.
make sure you have your drvice set up properly. when i got my first node i didnt see anyone else for a few day, but i hadnt set my region properly, so there were messages going right by me i wasnt recieving.
i live in a city of around 200k for reference. last i looked i think i had around 250 nodes seen overall.