I beg to differ jr189. Sigfox deploys Low-Power Wide Area...

I beg to differ jr189.

Sigfox deploys Low-Power Wide Area Networks (LPWAN) that work with CT1's smart switch hardware. Given that the LPWAN can only transmit small amounts of data, at just 100 bits per second (remembering there are 8 bits to a byte) the data drips back to base rather delivering a chunk of information in a quick manner.

This slow feed might not be a problem when monitoring temperature controls but I wonder how many CT1 smart switches it takes before the LPWAN is overwhelmed? After all the CT1 smart switches will need bidirectional communication to provide software updates (SU). I'm assuming the CT1 smart switches do have bidirectional communication? So how will the LPWAN deliver SUs in a timely manner without causing the dripping effect of outward data from crashing the system?

Does CT1 offer industrial grade reliability that consistently provides day after day, throughout the lifetime of the device, data sets?

What about other factors such as security, range, battery life and QoS (how many fails per megabyte of data)?

A very important issue also is that LPWAN will become a congested technology simply because it has currently a lowest cost advantage over competing technologies.

It should also become vulnerable to competition due to the only currently open standard LPWAN technology available: Weightless-P. I would be very mindful that Weightless-P could simply make existing LPWAN technology redundant in the very near future.

Even if Weightless-P takes a lot more time to become the industry standard, I am sure AT & T, Verizon and many other US telecommunication companies have their own LPWANs. Telstra set up its own LPWAN here in Australia specifically to capture a significant share of IoT usage. So what will CT1 do when they have a customer of scale who insists on using Telstra's LPWAN?

Another point is that Sigfox is new to the US. So how will CT1 overcome the resistance of large companies to use such a new network company? I think this is a saleable package to small vendors and medium businesses. But I remain unconvinced that this will appeal to large corporations even when offered at an eye watering discount?

So, I will be watching to see if Telstra moves in the direction of the Weightless-P technology. And then I'll be looking among the IoT sector on the ASX for a company with this type of technology.

DYOR. My comments and observations are based on my own research which is shared only with fellow investors as information (reliable or otherwise) and is not investment advice.

Broosta