Phone, internet, messaging, email, AI — everything you need to stay connected. No contracts. No surveillance. No permission needed.
See what's available ▸ Try the live BLE demoReal phone number. Calls and texts. Works everywhere — routes through the mesh when towers go down.
From $1/monthLocal mesh (BLE + WiFi), long-range (LoRa), and fallback 4G. Layered so something always works.
From $0 local / $4 globalEncrypted chat, email, group messaging. Works over the mesh at low bandwidth. No account required for local.
From $0Language models running on your hardware, on your land. Your data never leaves. Fine-tune in your language.
From $0 (your hardware)Websites, files, databases. Host locally on Pi nodes or globally on privacy-first VPS. Permanent archiving available.
From $0 local / $3.50 globalYou are who your community says you are. Vouching-based identity. No government ID required. Works for all beings.
Free foreverSame services. Different ownership. We built what Telstra charges you $80/month for — except you own every piece of it.
| Service | Them | VexConnect |
|---|---|---|
| Phone number + SMS | $30–80/mo (Telstra/Optus) | $1–5/mo (VoIP, pay with crypto) |
| Home internet | $70–120/mo (NBN) | $0 local mesh / $4/mo 4G fallback |
| Long-range comms | Not available | LoRa: 2–15km, no SIM, $10 one-time |
| Encrypted messaging | iMessage (Apple only) / WhatsApp (Meta) | Briar (mesh-capable) / Signal, free |
| Gmail (Google reads it) | Proton ($0–4/mo, encrypted) | |
| Cloud storage | $2–10/mo (Google/iCloud) | $0 local (Pi) / IPFS permanent |
| Website hosting | $10–30/mo (GoDaddy/AWS) | $0 (Cloudflare) / $3.50/mo (crypto VPS) |
| AI assistant | $20–30/mo (ChatGPT/Claude) | $0 (your hardware, your model) |
| Identity / KYC | Government ID, selfie, data harvesting | Community vouching, free |
| Surveillance | Yes (metadata retention law) | No. Encrypted end-to-end. |
| Contract lock-in | 12–24 months | None. Leave anytime. |
A real phone number that works with any existing phone. Calls, texts, voicemail — routed through VoIP, paid with crypto. When cell towers go down, the mesh keeps local calls alive.
Five layers of connectivity. Something always works — from next door to the other side of the world. Each layer is independent. Lose one, the others keep going.
Talk to anyone. Encrypted by default. Works on the mesh at low bandwidth, works on the internet at full speed. No account needed for local mesh chat.
Language models that run on a box in your community. Ask questions, generate documents, translate, analyse — in your language, on your terms. Your data never leaves your land.
Your website. Your files. Your database. Host on a Pi in your building for free, or go global with privacy-first VPS paid in crypto. Archive permanently on IPFS and Arweave — content-addressed, censorship-proof.
You are who your community says you are. Not who a government database says you are. Register, get vouched by people who know you, contribute. Your identity is yours — portable, cryptographic, and can never be revoked by a bureaucrat.
Everything on this page exists today. Working code, live sites, real hardware specs.
Start with one piece. Add more when you're ready.