Subj : Re: BBSing opportunties
To   : Avon
From : Warpslide
Date : Tue Dec 21 2021 11:20 am

On 21 Dec 2021, Avon said the following...
 
 Av> Yes this is an area of interest and has been for some time. I have never
 Av> actually taken steps to try to get such a thing working though. For some
 Av> reason it always felt hard to do, probably much more so that it is. I'm
 Av> a licensed amateur operator, not that active and where I am it's mostly
 Av> VHF and UHF stuff...

 Av> The other thing with this mode is it's rather limited to who can get on
 Av> the air / use the frequencies and if done well is still probably limited
 Av> to within a city or across a country using repeater networks... still
 Av> that's better than nothing for sure :)

As others have said, TCP/IP can still work, even if the internet is down.  If you had someone within a few KMs of you, you could still use long range wifi to exchange packets.  Linus Tech Tips has done a couple of videos about this subject:

5KM Wifi Link (August 2021):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9T98VsMe3oo

12KM Wifi Link (May 2018):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYJFwXw1ZIc

Still limited to the same city/region, but at much higher speeds than would be available using packet radio.

The distance between Nick & myself is around 75KM as-the-crow-flies, so I doubt long range wifi would work for us.

If things got really bad connectivity wise, perhaps mailing USB sticks with
mail between regions/countries and then propagate out via long range wifi could be a strategy?  Either that or maybe Nick & I could train some carrier pigeons.  ;)


Jay

.... Success is being nothing but a quote.

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 2021/12/13 (Raspberry Pi/32)
 * Origin: Northern Realms (21:3/110)

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