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from the webpage: > Swarm’s data plan is an annual contract that provides 750 data packets per device per month, up to 192 Bytes per packet. https://swarm.spa
by walrus01 5y ago
from the webpage:
> Swarm’s data plan is an annual contract that provides 750 data packets per device per month, up to 192 Bytes per packet.
https://swarm.space/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Swarm-Eval-Kit-Spec-Sheet.pdf https://swarm.space/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Swarm-Eval-Ki...
"Bit Rate 1 kbps (Max packet size 192 bytes)"
this really doesn't sound like something suited to sending video or photos at all. It's M2M IOT very small data as competition for things like orbcomm.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orbcomm_(satellite) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orbcomm_(satellite)
If you have an off grid location you need to send video/photos upstream from, even just a few hundred KB per hour, and all forms of terrestrial WISP are off the table as a option... You'd be much better suited with one of the lowest tiers of cheap consumer geostationary ku/ka-band vsat services (viasat/wildblue/hughesnet etc), or if you can get, it, starlink.
- sidpatil 5y agoAccording to the article, they're not actually sending any images through the satellite network—instead, the Pi sends a small notification message through the network if it detects a person in the photo.