A node network that doesn't need the internet.
We're testing whether NRV nodes can relay small amounts of data purely over radio and light — no ISP, no cell tower, no cloud in the loop. This page lays out the pilot, the mechanism, and how you can follow or help test it.
How it's structured
What the home pilot tests
A few LoRa nodes, no internet uplink
Two or three small radio nodes placed around a home or yard, each periodically sending a tiny signed message — nothing routed through Wi-Fi or a mobile network.
One hub, measuring what actually arrives
A single gateway logs what it receives, from where, and what it misses — real delivery rates at real distances, not a simulated estimate.
A result either way
If delivery holds up at useful range, the laser-backbone phase is worth building next. If it doesn't, we'll know before spending on the harder, more expensive hop.
Why bother
NRV's compute and bandwidth nodes already run without needing any single company or cloud in the middle. This asks the same question about connectivity itself — whether a node can stay useful even where there's no internet to reach, by passing data hand to hand over radio and light instead.
Try the radio model yourself
Before building hardware, we modeled the LoRa radio layer itself: real airtime, distance-based signal loss, and collisions between nodes. Play with node count and distance below and see how delivery holds up.