Exactly. Not LoRa but an example of what these modules and low bandwidth can do. Many years ago (pre-LoRa) I needed to integrate a garage door that was far out

Exactly. Not LoRa but an example of what these modules and low bandwidth can do. Many years ago (pre-LoRa) I needed to integrate a garage door that was far out of Wifi range to my home automation system. At the time the way to go about this was (as best as I could tell) XBee. I was able to conjure together a 900 MHz XBee module in the garage that not only had (essentially) GPIO to activate a momentary relay to simulate a button push to control the door but also utilize an XBee feature called change detection that has an eventing/push system to transmit state changes from high to low on a pin. Combined with a magnetic door contact sensor and XBee + ESP 8266 + Arduino (platform for ESP 8266, not device) + MQTT on the Home Assistant side this thing has been running rock solid for a decade. I haven't had to work on it since. Whether I check the status of the door (via Home Assistant or the OLED display on the control unit inside) or open/close the door via the momentary switch inside (or Home Assistant) even though it's been 10 years at least once I week I remark at how amazing the entire contraption is. This stuff is really cool and maybe it's time to move this thing to LoRa!