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SigFox and wifi aren't really comparable at all. SigFox is ultra low power, ultra long range (up to 50km, they claim) and sends only 12 bytes of data per messa
by Merad 9y ago
SigFox and wifi aren't really comparable at all. SigFox is ultra low power, ultra long range (up to 50km, they claim) and sends only 12 bytes of data per message.
- Robotbeat 9y agoRight, but SigFox is claiming IoT will mean 500 devices in the typical house. With at least 1Euro/year/device subscription cost, that's a minimum of 500 Euros per year. A typical house has wifi already, so it could be a lot cheaper to use low-power Wifi instead. The 500-device-home seems to be SigFox's primary target. If so, then they're de facto competing with wifi.
- Merad 9y agoI suspect they're either speaking broadly, or thinking in terms of having sensors in everything, always reporting readings. Their tech doesn't seem particularly suited for interactive devices, because the protocol requires the device to poll the network and see if there are messages waiting for it. Edit: Also I'm fairly certain that WiFi will choke long before you get close to having 500 devices in an area the size of a house.