1 · Regulatory baseline
Research Peruvian telecommunications requirements and seek meetings and interviews with the MTC to establish what equipment and configurations can legally be used.
The Project
Research the need. Test the technology. Let the evidence shape the solution.
An independent research and feasibility project for rural Andean and rainforest communities in Peru.
Community Frequency exists to investigate whether affordable, low-power mesh communications can help connect geographically isolated communities in Peru without requiring access to commercial cellular or Internet networks.
This is not a generic mesh experiment.
The intended problem, environment, and beneficiaries are in Peru. The technology is being researched because it may offer an inexpensive and independent communications option for communities that conventional networks do not reach.
The intended problem, environment, and beneficiaries are in Peru. The technology is being researched because it may offer an inexpensive and independent communications option for communities that conventional networks do not reach.
The social question
Geographic isolation can become a communications barrier. For communities already facing economic and infrastructure disadvantages, being outside conventional networks can make communication with family, health services, schools, emergency resources, and the outside world more difficult.
The project asks whether affordable communications technology can help reduce part of that gap. A technical system is only meaningful if it provides real value to the people it is intended to serve.
The technical question
The technical focus is low-power mesh networking, particularly Meshtastic and MeshCore. We are researching how inexpensive hardware, antennas, power systems, and node placement can be combined into useful communications without depending on commercial networks.
We are not trying to prove that mesh is the answer. We are trying to determine whether it can be made useful, reliable, affordable, and sustainable in the environments that matter to this project.
Step Zero — Peru 2026
2 · Lima
Meet the Peruvian mesh community, exchange experience, and compare Meshtastic and MeshCore through practical testing.
3 · Northern Peru
Meet with a community near the Peru–Ecuador border and test the technology in a real rural environment.
What we will measure
- Message and packet reliability
- Practical coverage and terrain effects
- Node and antenna placement
- Multi-hop behavior
- Power consumption, batteries, and solar operation
- Setup and configuration complexity
- Usability and maintenance
- Equipment cost and availability
- Regulatory constraints
- Meaningful value to the community
Research, not a predetermined deployment
The project will document successes, failures, limitations, and unanswered questions. A finding that mesh is not appropriate for a particular environment is still valuable research.
The sequence is simple:
Research → test → observe → document → learn → decide.
Documentation
The public GitHub repository is the deeper technical and research record. The website provides the public-facing explanation. Together they preserve what was planned, what was tested, what happened, what was learned, and what remains uncertain.