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by dplarson 3674 days ago
They have a datasheet [0] for an "Environmental Monitoring Sensor" which lists a line-of-sight range of 50 miles and 1–3 miles in urban settings. For comparison, Digi's XBee PRO ZigBee wireless modules have a line-of-sight range of 2 miles [1]. I'm a little bit skeptical about the 50 mile range claim (seems too good to be true), but this is an interesting product nonetheless.

[0]: http://www.beepnetworks.com/img/datasheet.pdf

[1]: http://www.digi.com/products/xbee-rf-solutions/rf-modules/xb...

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Is it possible that they just use a LoRa radio? The frequency seems to match and the claimed ranges make me think in that direction.
https://medium.com/@dconrad/how-new-long-range-radios-will-c...

Post by Beep Networks cofounder.

> Our team at Beep Networks is now working with LoRa radios here in San Francisco, and we’re getting signals through at over a mile of range. That’s in the city, through walls, with a tiny battery-powered sensor device — no towers or giant antennas involved. We know folks who are getting 10 miles in every direction when they put these radios on towers in rural areas, where there’s less interference.