# Mesh network

Concept · [Technical basics](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/technical)

Also called: mesh networks, mesh, LoRa mesh, mesh wifi

A network where devices pass data to each other instead of each one needing its own connection to the internet, so it can cover places with poor service.

**For example:** Soil sensors spread across a farm relay readings from one to the next until they reach the one with an internet connection.

## Connects to (4)

- [Internet service provider](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/internet-service-provider): The company that provides an internet connection to a home, school or business.
- [Hard tech](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/hard-tech): Companies whose product rests on physical engineering or new science, such as machines, materials or devices.
- [Open source hardware](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/open-source-hardware): Physical products whose design files are published so anyone can study, change, make and sell the design or hardware based on it.
- [Meshtastic](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/meshtastic): An open-source project that uses small, cheap radios to send text messages over a mesh network without cell service or internet.

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