Show HN: Loriot.io – low-latency network as a service

Yes, this. It seems like it might be interesting after digging through it, but I really can't decide because I have no idea what this actually does for me.

So far what I've been able to gather is that Loriot has a bunch of antennas in several countries, and you can buy a hardware device to gain a network connection through those antennas to the Loriot servers, which in turn lets you communicate with your own servers. No idea if this is the correct interpretation.

edit: I just found https://www.loriot.io/lora-lorawan-loriot.html which seems like a good introduction. It was hidden behind a few links, though.

The unique selling proposition of the LoraWAN technology (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LoRaWAN) is that you can put together a sensor + arduino + a LoRaWAN sender that transmits data 10km+ without the need to change the batterey of the sensors for five years.

Here is a real-life usecase: http://blog.telenor.io/iot/2015/08/04/smart-meetingroom.html

Wrong flag for Belgium on their marketing page :p ( reading further though)