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Why do home users do this? Does it create a private network between the mobile devices that connect to it?
by TedDoesntTalk 3y ago
Why do home users do this? Does it create a private network between the mobile devices that connect to it?
- stasmo 3y agoHome users don’t really do this but you might see this kind of private LTE network at an air port.
- jetsnoc 3y agoIn Rural areas some people need longer range wifi. IoT devices in different buildings or data service for things on a farm. If the costs were lower, I deploy something in my neighborhood. For whatever reason, my neighborhood has terrible LTE service. I don't know the exact reasons why but I suspect I have poor service either due to geography like we're using another counties cell tower on a butte 5 miles away due to line of sight issues or maybe there are metallic properties of the land here on our canyon rim (mostly lava flows.) As my spouse and I bike, take walks or drive to work I would love to have data service in that few mile radius around my house. If my phone could have an eSIM with my provider but a SIM with my own private LTE and a meeting call can fail over between data services, I would have a lot more flexibility. I would have a lot of other use-cases with IoT and maybe quadrupeds as things like that become more generally available but data within a few mile radius would be the first thing. I suppose I could get four 90 degree antennas at a higher db power output and blast my neighborhood with wifi but that has a lot of downsides.
- Reventlov 3y agoIf that's for IoT, just use LoRa on license-free bands, and that's it, you're done with km of range if that's some rural areas.
- jetsnoc 3y agoThat works fine if the use-case allows for high-latency and doesn't need TCP. To your point, I would imagine most all home use-cases are fine in this regard.
- hydroid7 3y agoLora is not an alternative because of literally no data volume.
- Reventlov 3y agoYou don't need data volume for IoT.