Comment by moffkalast
13 hours ago
Dead outside the US unfortunately, worse range than regular wifi due to being strangled by lower channel width and ridicolously low power limits. The two bulky HaLowLink routers are the only off the shelf thing with support for it, it's nonexistent as a wifi standard.
I was so excited when I discovered it a few months back after struggling for years to set up reliable wifi for outdoor robotics, only to realize we can't have nice things. The struggle continues.
Lower channel width improves range, at the cost of bandwidth.
LoRa is not fast enough?
Same channel width and power restrictions. The US' 915MHz band is much much better than the EU 869MHz band
Don’t know about the parent, but I found LoRa adequate for (tiny) payloads (sensor data and such) but OTA updates are a PITA without some alternative channel. Speeds are measured in bytes / sec.
No one is using it in real life. It's a super weak hobbyist protocol with a lot of hype and marketing.
Seriously. Only rich nerds in SAN FRANCISCO are using it.