Error rates are currently very high, and from a single run it doesn’t seem like you’d get a 1x coverage Genome, let alone 30x (which is what this service is claiming).

While I agree with you on that, obtaining the required kits that the sequencer needs is another headache altogether.

The reads lengths might be fascinating with Nick Loman's group reporting upto an Mb in size. But the error rates as well matter. Unfortunately nanopore errors are not easily mitigable, whereas PacBio's are.

The one place where nanopore has them beat is the sheer portability and ready run time.

Strains involved in 2015 ebola outbreak were being sequenced real time!

What kind of competence is required to get a report out of this that the user or their doctor can understand?