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On Thu, 1 Sep 2011, Dava wrote:
The android app for serval mesh has now been released, as far as i know it requires root. Anyone given it a go yet?http://www.androidpolice.com/2011/08/31/serval-mesh-a-network-free-communication-app-finally-makes-it-to-the-android-market/
Hm. That's been about for a while now... But I really think it's all a bit "iffy". To work the mesh, you need other mesh users - within about 100m of where you are - line of sight - it's just Wi-Fi afterall... No-one close, no connection. (No surprise). Even if someone is close, then they need to have a phone with the software.
I feel that they're inventing a solution to a problem that doesn't exist. You want communucations in a disaster zone? You pick up a pair of PMR radios and off you go - with a range of a Km or so.
Or you try to persuade skippy to go to the rangers office and tell them you're stuck down the well...
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