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We Tested the Off-Grid Radio That Scares Cell Companies (www.youtube.com)

submitted 2 weeks ago by mesamunefire@piefed.social to c/meshtastic@mander.xyz

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[–] iocase@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

In my home country of Canada one of the two duolopolies in telecom (Rogers/Shaw) added satellite texting now thanks to spaceX version satellites. So for pretty much the entire country as long as I have a view of the sky (even with trees) I can text people.

[–] auzy1@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

Yeah. They did that too in Australia. But for hiking, phones aren't really emergency grade. If it's working yes. But they are only water resistant for starters