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by chrisBob 4354 days ago
I think you are over estimating the bandwidth involved. They don't state much about the wireless protocol, but I am betting you don't want to send much more than a text message to get that range.
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> via long-range radio waves

Which means that, no, they probably can't do seriously large amounts of data, but a picture (and definitely texting) can be sent through radio waves without much data retention issues.

goTenna's transmission rate goes up to 19,200 baud