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I see some possible problems: - IMHO, price could be prohibitive for many use cases (e.g. water meters) - Signal strength could be an issue for urban environm
by kavalg 4y ago
I see some possible problems:
- IMHO, price could be prohibitive for many use cases (e.g. water meters)
- Signal strength could be an issue for urban environments (e.g. inside buildings)
- There aren't many small business use cases for IoT connectivity that does beyond WiFi (both wrt range and power budget). What I have seen is that there are usually several big players (e.g. utilities, municipality, factories) that at some point deploy LoRa based or similar connectivity. LoRa can actually cover a huge area with just a handful of self operated gateways (similar to Helium in this respect).
- plgonzalezrx8 4y agoWhy would you need a satellite connection in an urban environment?
- kavalg 4y agoThere are some things that make urban IoT connectivity harder than in the open field. - Wave paths are more complex (buildings, multi path propagation etc). Hence base stations need to be positioned more densely. - Finding optimal locations for base stations and contracting the building/land owners is not straightforward. - Using the less congested, licensed spectrum instead of the crowded ISM bands may be preferable in the city.