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Reply To: Beyond 2G cellular modems?

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2015-08-09 at 3:11 PM #1233
Dave
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    One technology that’s become recently available is LoRa, which is a ISM (900 MHz) band system that’s optimized for data transmission. More details at https://www.lora-alliance.org/ but PCB’s with LoRa radios on them are available from Tindie.com at reasonable pricing (sub $20 ish). It looks like these would require a base station to complete a network, but they claim 5 to 10 km of coverage, which might be sufficient for may applications. I’m not affiliated with them, I just find the technology interesting.