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[–] 77 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

I hope they are aware of https://freifunk.net/ and don't start from scratch completely. They've been doing that kinda stuff for over a decade and have developed a modified OpenWRT version and maintain lists of compatible routers

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  • [–] 23 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    NYC Mesh has been around for more than a decade. I assume they talked to other similar projects when building it.

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  • [–] 11 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    I see freifunk networks more rarely nowadays. They also are notoriously slow. Usually the mobile phone network is faster, even in Germany.

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  • Yeeah it kind of fizzled out, that's true. In larger cities it used to be useful sometimes because of abysmal cell coverage and shady public WiFi. That has improved a lot since then, so yeah nowadays it can't hold a candle to 4G/5G mobile data.

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