This kind of technology is intended for sensor networks- think water meters, pipeline monitoring, EV chargers and the like. The problem I see with helium is mu

This kind of technology is intended for sensor networks- think water meters, pipeline monitoring, EV chargers and the like. The problem I see with helium is much more of a commercial one; the big customers will need much better established network operators who can commit to operating such systems for decades. The money is there, but equally for customers investing in the wrong platform is risky too- eg this happened with the UK’s first generation smart meters, where many became ‘dumb’ again due to lack of interoperability between operators. It’s still being having at a cost of several tens of million of pounds. The solution which is also relevant to Helium by way of contrast was to set up a ‘Smart Data Communications Company’ as a regulated utility, and have that operate and develop the relevant networks. It generated around £430M in 2021 revenue as a non-profit. I can only guess Helium’s strategy is to subsidise it’s infrastructure until someone (really multiple someone’s) like ConEd can be convinced to use it but there are an awful lot of steps along the way I don’t understand their plan for.