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patburnson Why the Internet of Things Is Going Nowhere

That is fair, though as a practical matter for connecting with moving things the tiny range of BLE makes it more or less useless. In terms of "most applications" you probably mean body area networks (e.g. FitBit) where it does indeed do well but beyond that, BLE is not a serious IoT option for "most applications".

patburnson Why the Internet of Things Is Going Nowhere

"2.4GHz is a mosh pit. However, nobody is going away from it"

Nobody strikes me as hyperbole, really. You will see one of the two companies you mention embrace sub-1GHz in the next 6 months. Also LPWAN's are almost entirely driven by sub-1GHz now and the list of participating telco's are not nobodies.

patburnson Why the Internet of Things Is Going Nowhere

Looking at the wireless protocols being deployed in nearly all cases, my vote would be no. We are installing junk wireless with junk security, some of which is just comical. I don't have all the answers, but there are a few straightforward improvements to be made that I outline here: https://medium.com/the-startup-magazine-collection/a-simple-...

patburnson Why the Internet of Things Is Going Nowhere

done - thanks!

patburnson Why the Internet of Things Is Going Nowhere

When your wireless technology has an average outdoor range of 30-40 feet, of course spectrum is not an issue. When large numbers of endpoints (thousands or tens of thousands) share a common access point over many miles, it's a really significant issue that can be addressed in a number of ways outlined here http://bit.ly/1hExgtG

patburnson Why the Internet of Things Is Going Nowhere

I mention P2P or "cloudless" connectivity in this article.

patburnson Why the Internet of Things Is Going Nowhere

I covered this in a separate piece on low power wide area networks http://www.slideshare.net/haystacktech/the-iot-hunger-games-... though to be clear, we are not talking about high bandwidth like Ethernet. We are seeing good signal propagation in sub-1GHz bands (measured in miles) while preserving multi-year AA battery life with some newer PHY layer technologies like LoRa and others. 2.4GHz is a mosh pit that most serious IoT vendors are fleeing due to the high interference and the resulting RMA's and related costs. For sensor networks, there is rarely a good reason not to use one of the more popular sub-1GHz bands 433/868/915 regardless of your geographic location.