Being able to message without cell services for hiking, camping, and overlanding is great. Meshtastic is great for this, or is it?
I have recently started investigating and using Meshcore because it deals with congestion much easier and it as a more robust networking, as well as the popularity is gaining
In 2025, I experienced an immediately life-threatening medical emergency that should have killed me. I am still alive as I write this article, and I thought about this (as have others that learned about my situation). Should I have one or more cell phones with different carriers in case one goes out?
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