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Swarm – Low cost, global satellite connectivity for IoT
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#12Minimum order of 25, so roughly $3725 for one year unless you get the "eval kit" @ $449.
USD $5/MO PER DEVICE
Provides 750 data packets per device per month (up to 192 Bytes per packet), including up to 60 downlink (2-way) data packets
Re: Swarm – Low cost, global satellite connectivity for IoT
#13This looks like a fantastic tool for ensuring the obsolescence of privacy.
Re: Swarm – Low cost, global satellite connectivity for IoT
#14Minimum order of 25, so roughly $3725 for one year unless you get the "eval kit" @ $449. USD $5/MO PER DEVICE Provides 750 data packets per device per month (up to 192 Bytes per packet), including up to 60 downlink (2-way) data packets
What might somebody (or some company) use this for?
192 bytes * 750 packets = 144000 bytes per month at what speed/latency?
Re: Swarm – Low cost, global satellite connectivity for IoT
#15Is this a new offering released today?
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#16Any idea what the speeds are going to be, especially when compared to connecting IOT devices to a Cellular network?
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#17Minimum order of 25, so roughly $3725 for one year unless you get the "eval kit" @ $449. USD $5/MO PER DEVICE Provides 750 data packets per device per month (up to 192 Bytes per packet), including up to 60 downlink (2-way) data packets
What might somebody (or some company) use this for? 192 bytes * 750 packets = 144000 bytes per month at what speed/latency?
Weather station or any kind of remote sensor that you want to keep in some remote area.
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#18Looks like their documentation site is down. Any idea what kind of bandwidth we're talking about here?
And what latency. "Webhooks" and "REST API" isn't exactly screaming useful duplex communication channel.
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#19Under 150KB per month, $5.
Under 300KB per month, $10.
Under 450KB per month, $15.
Up to 600KB per month, $20.
Note, that's total number of bytes, not bytes per second.
Re: Swarm – Low cost, global satellite connectivity for IoT
#20Minimum order of 25, so roughly $3725 for one year unless you get the "eval kit" @ $449. USD $5/MO PER DEVICE Provides 750 data packets per device per month (up to 192 Bytes per packet), including up to 60 downlink (2-way) data packets
Provides 750 data packets per device per month (up to 192 Bytes per packet)
144,000 bytes. Almost the capacity as a Commodore 1541 disk drive.
40 years ago it would have been unfathomable that a regular schmoe could transmit a floppy disk via satellite for just $5.