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I tried to look for subscription costs, €1 to €15 per device per year according to: https://novemberfive.co/blog/internet-of-things-lora-vs-sigfox/ https://nove

I tried to look for subscription costs, €1 to €15 per device per year according to: https://novemberfive.co/blog/internet-of-things-lora-vs-sigfox/ https://novemberfive.co/blog/internet-of-things-lora-vs-sigf...

dheera 9y ago
The article says it comes with a 2-year subscription for upto 140 messages per day. I can see this being useful for collecting field data of sorts, but unfortunately probably only in select urban areas. Coverage outside a few major cities is spotty or nonexistent.
- mbanzi 9y ago
  I believe it's possible to have an agreement with sigfox to run a base station. We have it in the office, it's a 1 Rack unti device so it doesn't take a huge amount of space and it has a pretty long range
  - yomansat 9y ago
    Great to know thank you!
  - dheera 9y ago
    Are there any possibilities to have "private" base stations that don't need a subscription? (Or in exchange for running a public base station, I get unlimited communication to my own base station?)
    - nicolsc 9y ago
      There is a network emulator (USB key), but we're not 100% happy with it. Which is why it's not advertised for sale yet. But if someone is interested to give it a try in not-yet-covered areas in the US or elsewhere, let me know : devrelations@sigfox.com ; I could mail one for free in exchange of test feedback ——— Hosting a public base station in exchange of discount/free subscriptions is something that could be considered. Again, feel free to reach out :) One thing to consider : Public base station means that other users will rely on it for their own devices, with a need for reliability (uptime, backhaul connectivity, ..)
- user5994461 9y ago
  What makes you think that? Did you test it? It's special low-power long-range radios that covers many miles per tower and they are installing a ton of them all across the world. It is absolutely intended to NOT be limited to urban areas.
- nicolsc 9y ago
  (Nicolas @Sigfox) What area are you thinking about ? In western/northern Europe, coverage is already pretty solid nationwide. Agriculture is one of the rising usecase: weather monitoring, soil chemistry, etc... Check sigfox.com/coverage for details about live coverage As shown on this map, US coverage is mostly in some metro areas right now. But this is just the beginning there.
  - dheera 9y ago
    Yep I meant mostly because I'm in the US. I'm totally interested in this once the network coverage gets better.
    - nicolsc 9y ago
      I mentioned elsewhere in the thread a beta Sigfox Network Emulator. Let me know if you could be interested in testing it.

dheera 9y ago

The article says it comes with a 2-year subscription for upto 140 messages per day. I can see this being useful for collecting field data of sorts, but unfortunately probably only in select urban areas. Coverage outside a few major cities is spotty or nonexistent.

mbanzi 9y ago
I believe it's possible to have an agreement with sigfox to run a base station. We have it in the office, it's a 1 Rack unti device so it doesn't take a huge amount of space and it has a pretty long range
- yomansat 9y ago
  Great to know thank you!
- dheera 9y ago
  Are there any possibilities to have "private" base stations that don't need a subscription? (Or in exchange for running a public base station, I get unlimited communication to my own base station?)
  - nicolsc 9y ago
    There is a network emulator (USB key), but we're not 100% happy with it. Which is why it's not advertised for sale yet. But if someone is interested to give it a try in not-yet-covered areas in the US or elsewhere, let me know : devrelations@sigfox.com ; I could mail one for free in exchange of test feedback ——— Hosting a public base station in exchange of discount/free subscriptions is something that could be considered. Again, feel free to reach out :) One thing to consider : Public base station means that other users will rely on it for their own devices, with a need for reliability (uptime, backhaul connectivity, ..)
user5994461 9y ago
What makes you think that? Did you test it? It's special low-power long-range radios that covers many miles per tower and they are installing a ton of them all across the world. It is absolutely intended to NOT be limited to urban areas.
nicolsc 9y ago
(Nicolas @Sigfox) What area are you thinking about ? In western/northern Europe, coverage is already pretty solid nationwide. Agriculture is one of the rising usecase: weather monitoring, soil chemistry, etc... Check sigfox.com/coverage for details about live coverage As shown on this map, US coverage is mostly in some metro areas right now. But this is just the beginning there.
- dheera 9y ago
  Yep I meant mostly because I'm in the US. I'm totally interested in this once the network coverage gets better.
  - nicolsc 9y ago
    I mentioned elsewhere in the thread a beta Sigfox Network Emulator. Let me know if you could be interested in testing it.