[mhb_eng]

I'd be interested in near-shore(a few miles out and cell service is unusable/you don't have a high thoroughput requirement). There are plenty of "nearish" ocean applications that could benefit from an extended range without requiring iridium(where packet costs can be a killer).

[slewis]

Shawn from Beep here. These use-cases sound really interesting. Send me an email? shawn at beepnetworks dot com

[ismail]

Hey what are your thoughts on sigfox? They got an investment from Samsung who are apparently integrating into their devices. Will this play out like vhs vs betamax?

[av500]

the overall verdict from Lora alliance members on Sigfox is that they are big on words but small on revenue or customers. add grain of salt

[nicolsc]

~~Disclaimer : Sigfox employee ~~

Big on words, but not speaking about others ;)

I'd suggest anyone interested in LPWAN (be it Sigfox, LoraWAN or else) to get its own idea by field testing. Talk is cheap. Sigfox coverage is available in 25 countries, including some large US cities (SF, NYC, Chicago, Atlanta, ..) http://www.sigfox.com/coverage

Get in touch if interested by more info about Sigfox, solutions for developers, etc.. http://makers.sigfox.com

[siscia]

What ocean application are you talking about?