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If you're skeptical about LPWAN range claims .. better thing to do is to test :)

We (Sigfox) are running a hackathon in SF on Nov 20th, in partnership with the City. Good occasion to test the live network, and get your hands on a dev kit

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/smart-city-iot-hackathon-connec...

More info about Sigfox on http://makers.sigfox.com

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Oh man... Unfortunately I'm going to be out of the country during that or I would be ALL OVER IT.

Those dev kits are pricey... Is this the one? http://snootlab.com/shields-snootlab/829-.html

In the SF event we'll hand out TI dev kits, Launchpad + CC1120 boosterpack (~ http://www.ti.com/tool/boostxl-cc1120-90)

The Akeru board is still quite expensive (€100), as it's a full Arduino/Genuino board + sigfox module + subscription. And the guy is producing them himself, with small batches. This one is not FCC-ready yet anyway.

Keep in touch for future US-based events !

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