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.
If you are starting the mesh from scratch anyway, I would say go with mesh core immediately
With 3-byte repeater IDs, you get 16 hops at a minimum, whereas with meshtastic, you get 7 hops at maximum, and 3 by default.
Meshcore also delivers messages much more reliably.