The TI-based BeaglePlay Connect (also released a few months ago) seems like a superior buy actually.

BeagleV-Ahead is interesting, but I think most people who are doing hobby embedded projects would prefer to use the TI-based BeaglePlay.

BeaglePlay is supporting single-pair Ethernet for example (I forget which version though... I think the "not-CANbus replacement" one but I dunno for sure). As well as LoRA. And at $99 its cheaper too. And they've also got BeagleConnect-Freedom boards to easily integrate that LoRA radio.