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Old 01-13-2022, 01:14 PM   #13 (permalink)
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Reminds me back in the day when cell phones were super expensive and very unreliable. I was envisioning a "cellular" network where users handsets were the relay between endpoints, with no fixed towers.
Your search term is 'Mesh Networking'.

Revisiting this thread reminds me of the Apple Pismo laptop [I still have]. It has swappable bays in the sides, one for the battery and one for a CD-ROM drive or a 2nd hot-swappable battery. I probably have 6 batteries somewhere as well.

From the last century, with a 400 Mhz processor.
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