{"id":100710,"date":"2020-01-11T20:08:03","date_gmt":"2020-01-12T04:08:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/?p=100710"},"modified":"2020-01-16T07:46:33","modified_gmt":"2020-01-16T15:46:33","slug":"tiny-long-range-connectivity-heralds-iot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2020\/01\/tiny-long-range-connectivity-heralds-iot","title":{"rendered":"IOT needs decentralized, long-range connectivity. It\u2019s finally coming"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>No matter how cheap or fast paid internet service gets, the <em>Internet of Things<\/em> (IOT) won\u2019t take wings until we have ubiquitous access to a completely decentralized, open-standard network that does not require a provider subscription. This month, we may be a step closer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\">\n<a class=\\'blog-photo\\' href=\"https:\/\/awildduck.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Helium-cityscape-scaled.jpg\"><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Let\u2019s talk about internet connected gadgets. Not just your phone or PC\u2014and not even a microwave oven or light bulb. Instead, think of everyday objects that are <em>much smaller and much less expensive<\/em>. Think of things that seemingly have no need to talk with you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now think of applications in which these tiny things need to communicate with each other and not just with you. Think of the cost of this \u201cthing\u201d compared to the added cost of continuous communications. Do so many things really need to talk in the first place?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>First, there were Trackers\u2026<\/strong><\/p><div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2020\/01\/tiny-long-range-connectivity-heralds-iot\">Continue reading \u201cIOT needs decentralized, long-range connectivity. It\u2019s finally coming\u201d | &gt;<\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>No matter how cheap or fast paid internet service gets, the Internet of Things (IOT) won\u2019t take wings until we have ubiquitous access to a completely decentralized, open-standard network that does not require a provider subscription. This month, we may be a step closer. Let\u2019s talk about internet connected gadgets. Not just your phone or [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":353,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1523,1761,39,1524,1522,418,13],"tags":[3711,3714,3715,2051,3712,3713,3716],"class_list":["post-100710","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-computing","category-cryptocurrencies","category-economics","category-hardware","category-innovation","category-internet","category-open-access","tag-community-internet","tag-helium","tag-helium-hotspot","tag-internet-of-things","tag-iot","tag-longfi","tag-lora"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100710","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/353"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=100710"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100710\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":100930,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100710\/revisions\/100930"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=100710"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=100710"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=100710"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}