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Re:LoRaWAN distance world record broken twice: 766km using 2... by selvakn on Tuesday July 30, 2019 @09:59PM (#20571105)
LoRa is.. But LoRaWAN is an open standard, governed by LoRa Alliance.
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Re:LoRaWAN distance world record broken twice: 766km using 2... by hlieberman on Tuesday July 30, 2019 @10:46PM (#20571316)
Using the LoRa PHY. Not much of an open standard at that point....
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Re:LoRaWAN distance world record broken twice: 766km using 2... by dillonmckay on Wednesday July 31, 2019 @07:14AM (#20573344)
So, in the article, I saw the picture of a ‘base station’...where can I find more info about the towers (locations, hardware)?

Does a single company own/control all the towers?

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Re:LoRaWAN distance world record broken twice: 766km using 2... by m3at on Wednesday July 31, 2019 @08:00AM (#20573600)
Are you speaking about the gateway? If so you can have more info here:

https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/docs/gateways/

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Re:LoRaWAN distance world record broken twice: 766km using 2... by htdvisser on Wednesday July 31, 2019 @08:05AM (#20573646)
These base stations (we call them gateways) are owned and operated by individuals, communities or companies. The gateways demodulate transmissions and forward them to The Things Network's public community network.

There are currently over 8000 of these gateways worldwide (see also the map on https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/map).

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Re:LoRaWAN distance world record broken twice: 766km using 2... by amadeusw on Wednesday July 31, 2019 @10:35AM (#20574718)
What is the incentive for a hobbyist to set up and maintain a gateway, given that the protocol is not open?
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Re:LoRaWAN distance world record broken twice: 766km using 2... by abricot on Wednesday July 31, 2019 @11:59AM (#20575473)
Most probably don't want to have a say in the protocol specifications, they just want to use the protocol and spectrum.
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