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Show HN: Fi – launches first LTE CAT M1 low energy dog collar

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Post by wcauchois » Thu, Mar 14, 2019, 4:54 PM UTC

Show HN: Fi – launches first LTE CAT M1 low energy dog collar
tryfi.com

Re: Show HN: Fi – launches first LTE CAT M1 low energy dog collar

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Post by wcauchois » Thu, Mar 14, 2019, 4:56 PM UTC

Hi HN!

I'm a backend engineer at Fi and we just launched our GPS dog collar and activity tracker powered by the low power LTE CAT M1 network and Bluetooth Low Energy.

Happy to answer any questions!

Re: Show HN: Fi – launches first LTE CAT M1 low energy dog collar

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Post by PaulHoule » Thu, Mar 14, 2019, 5:05 PM UTC

wcauchois wrote: post #2

Hi HN! I'm a backend engineer at Fi and we just launched our GPS dog collar and activity tracker powered by the low power LTE CAT M1 network and Bluetooth Low Energy. Happy to answer any questions!

Does the online store work for Firefox? It never gets finished loading for me.

Re: Show HN: Fi – launches first LTE CAT M1 low energy dog collar

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Post by repeek » Thu, Mar 14, 2019, 5:07 PM UTC

I was a beta tester (well, more specifically my dog was!) for the Fi collar. It's pretty amazing tech with clever power-saving features. We tested it for ~2 months without having to re-charge.

Re: Show HN: Fi – launches first LTE CAT M1 low energy dog collar

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Post by wcauchois » Thu, Mar 14, 2019, 6:04 PM UTC

PaulHoule wrote: post #3

wcauchois wrote: post #2

Hi HN! I'm a backend engineer at Fi and we just launched our GPS dog collar and activity tracker powered by the low power LTE CAT M1 network and Bluetooth Low Energy. Happy to answer any questions!

Does the online store work for Firefox? It never gets finished loading for me.

It should! It does for me. Can you give me any more information? Which page isn't loading? Do you have any ad blockers or other extensions installed? Thank you!

Re: Show HN: Fi – launches first LTE CAT M1 low energy dog collar

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Post by jcwayne » Thu, Mar 14, 2019, 6:17 PM UTC

wcauchois wrote: post #2

Hi HN! I'm a backend engineer at Fi and we just launched our GPS dog collar and activity tracker powered by the low power LTE CAT M1 network and Bluetooth Low Energy. Happy to answer any questions!

Not an engineering question, but do you foresee trademark issues with Google Fi?

Re: Show HN: Fi – launches first LTE CAT M1 low energy dog collar

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Post by staywokefam1 » Thu, Mar 14, 2019, 10:41 PM UTC

This looks awesome

Re: Show HN: Fi – launches first LTE CAT M1 low energy dog collar

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Post by tiernano » Fri, Mar 15, 2019, 12:16 PM UTC

I love this. I can see this being extended for cars, kids, car keys, etc. Would love this in Europe.