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myself248 10 hours ago

Every day, we get closer to reinventing Ricochet, 27 years later...

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stavros 10 hours ago | parent [-]

What does an Internet communication app that have to do with a mesh radio protocol?

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myself248 9 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Metricom Ricochet used dual-band radios, operating in 900MHz and 2.4GHz, to form a routable mesh that delivered internet access and other services, in 1999.

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stavros 9 hours ago | parent [-]

Ah, thanks, I didn't find any reference to that from a search (found a messaging app).

	▲	hedgehog 9 hours ago \| parent [-]
		They used repeaters on street lights as part of the infrastructure, and even after the company went belly up people were able to use the repeaters for private networks. Pretty slick for the mid 90s.

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petra303 10 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Ricochet was a mesh internet provider.