[wolvoleo]

Bluetooth and WiFi on a mobile device don't have enough range for this stuff. You need to be too close to other participants.

Hence LoRa. Yes, 5G would be an option but the licensed spectrum (and firmware restriction) makes that impossible.

[dTal]

For the purposes of this thread, "this stuff" consists of:

>It's absurd that modern phones can talk to satellites hundreds of kilometers above, but not to other phones a few meters away in the same room, airplane cabin, train car etc.

Common everyday filesharing, not meshnet fantasies.