[B.A.T.M.A.N.] Digital Comm on Version of Mesh Potato

[B.A.T.M.A.N.] Digital Comm on Version of Mesh Potato

[Jon Roland]

Mesh networking for analog phones is a good concept, but to be broadly
useful it also needs to support digital communications, with computers
or smart phones as the client devices. It would seem what while
developing them, you ought to go ahead and enable them for broader uses.

My concern is emergency disaster situations, and here in the U.S., as
elsewhere, emergency response will require the conveyance of data as
well as voice. I have been involved in some disasters and data
communications proved to actually be more important than voice
communication. From maps to inventories, logistic control to medical
imaging, ground-penetrating radar to biometric identification. The list
goes on. We can use CB or handheld shortwave for voice. Data is the main
need.

-- Jon

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