While the cellphone network in Haiti survived the devastating earthquake in 2010, the added load of international aid workers who arrived in the aftermath caused it to crash. Josh Thomas and Jeff ...

T-Mobile 5G Home Internet can be an effective replacement for traditional cable and fiber ISPs. However, because T-Mobile’s Home Internet relies on cellular signals rather than wiring into your home, ...

Australian researchers have created a system that allows VoIP calls to be routed between Android phones even when there's no network or WiFi access.

A decentralized networking technology originally built for battlefields and Burning Man is today being reimagined from the ground up. So researchers from Johns Hopkins University, Harvard, and the ...

The story of mesh networks in 2026 begins with Thread 1.4. In 2014, a coalition led by Arm, Google’s Nest Labs, and Samsung ...

Samuel has spent years writing about mobile carriers and their networks following a stint working as a technician in a carrier phone store. Whether it's helping people avoid 36-month payment plans, or ...

Looking to cover your whole home with Wi-Fi? Skip the individual routers and go with a mesh network. Offerings such as the TP-Link Deco X60 AX3000 mesh Wi-Fi system are an easy way to create a single, ...

Mark is a highly experienced writer with extensive knowledge that pre-dates the internet and even personal computers. Since the 1980s he’s been a prolific publisher across numerous publications in ...

Are you looking to upgrade your Wi-Fi? You're undoubtedly considering the benefits of a mesh network against a typical Wi-Fi router. Both options can provide excellent Wi-Fi performance, but each has ...

A key feature of this network is its self-healing capability. If a node becomes unreachable or fails, the system automatically reroutes data through alternative paths, making sure uninterrupted ...