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ABSTRACT: Puget Mesh
Puget Mesh is a volunteer-led community dedicated to the deployment and support of off-grid communication networks—including AREDN, MeshCore, and Meshtastic across the Puget Sound region. Our mission is to provide community-owned resilient digital infrastructure that serves as a vital tool for disaster preparedness and emergency response.
LINKS: PugetMesh.org | About | |
AI OVERVIEW:
Puget Mesh is a volunteer-led community organization in the Pacific Northwest that builds decentralized, off-grid communication networks across the Puget Sound Basin. It empowers citizens to maintain connectivity during emergencies, natural disasters, or grid failures using radio technologies like Meshtastic and AREDN. [1, 2, 3]
How the Network Works
Instead of relying on commercial internet service providers or cell towers, Puget Mesh utilizes decentralized infrastructure:
- LoRa & Wi-Fi Hardware: It uses inexpensive, citizen-owned radio devices that can be battery or solar-powered.
- Ad-hoc Mesh Routing: Messages “hop” from one user’s device to another automatically to reach their destination without requiring any traditional infrastructure.
- Protocols Used: The community supports several mesh networking standards, primarily Meshtastic (for long-range text messaging via LoRa) and AREDN (high-speed data networks). [1, 2, 3, 6]
Why the Community Uses It
- Disaster Preparedness: Provides vital communication infrastructure when traditional cell towers go down during windstorms, earthquakes, or power outages.
- Outdoor Activities: Serves as a reliable communication platform in rural or backcountry areas (like the Cascade mountains or Puget Sound) where standard cell coverage fails.
- Privacy: Allows users to send private, encrypted messages without their data touching a corporate server. [4]
- Use Cases: Ideal for communities, hiking, biking, disaster preparedness, or secure, private communication, utilizing 915 MHz frequencies.
To collaborate, troubleshoot nodes, or meet others in the Pacific Northwest, members primarily use the Puget Mesh Discord Server. [1]
LOCATION: Bellevue, Washington
SPONSORS:
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OUR NETWORKS (repeater, router, router_late, & client_base devices):
– MeshMap.me/net/(add network listing)
OUR ACTIVE NODES (client, client_mute, & companion devices):
– MeshMap.me/node/(add node listing)
– MeshMap.me/node/(add node listing)
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