• MrSpArkle@lemmy.ca
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    2 months ago

    I’ve tried both side by side, ultimately you can tune out Meshtastic to cover a metro area pretty well. Mesh core is better at linking regions together, but ultimately it’s not fully open source. Like you gotta buy some firmwares.

    My local area, and many others have active contributors to Meshtastic apps and firmware, I feel more comfort in that than reaching people in the next state over.

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      2 months ago

      What is the furthest you’ve connected to on Meshtastic? I’ve yet to buy hardware, but I see a lot of complaints on the Meshtastic subreddit about range and low activity. On the other hand I’ve watched a couple videos about big Meshcore groups, connectivity from Vancouver to Oregon, stuff like that.