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Seems incredibly expensive on a per packet/kb basis. Trying to understand what the target market is. I could understand using it for remote telemetry and locati
by eigenvalue 4y ago
Seems incredibly expensive on a per packet/kb basis. Trying to understand what the target market is. I could understand using it for remote telemetry and location tracking purposes for expensive construction equipment or something, but not for most consumer applications.
- pjc50 4y agoYes, that's clearly the market it's aimed at - remote, low data rate sensors. 750 packets per month is about one per hour. Ideal if you want to report the weather from the top of a mountain or the middle of the Pacific.
- thamer 4y agoYou mentioned mountains, and I was thinking this might work well for seismic instruments placed in remote locations if the data plan is enough to transmit this kind of data.
- pmorici 4y agoIt is meant to be cost competitive with Iridium’s Short Burst Data service I believe. Compared to Iridium it is incredibly cheap for similar service.
- Tepix 4y agoExpensive? There is no cheaper option.
- jimmyswimmy 4y agoOnce you start thinking with "kilo"bytes in the denominator, you're in the wrong ballpark. There are tons of applications for remote insitu sensors which don't send much data, or often. Game cameras, equipment trackers, sensors, numerous other applications would use this. For me this is the world of custom electronics, true bare metal systems (no OS but what you write for yourself) and tiny battery packs. A 5$/month data plan is amazing for what this includes.