[HH] IoT connectivity used by BigBelly

[Tom Metro]

Tom Metro wrote:
> LoRa, being mesh, I think likely will still offer cost advantages in
> environments where you are doing a relatively dense deployment (like,
> for example, the BigBelly trash cans spread around Newton).

I had in my mind that BigBelly was using LoRa, and I thought that was
from something I heard in a prior BLU meeting (maybe it was speculation
by the speaker), but when Kurt mentioned last week that they used the
cell network, I got curious.

They don't make it easy to find (they have several press releases and
blog postings on the fact that their trash receptacles are networked,
but they never disclose the technical details). Eventually, though, I
found a link to the vendor they used to implement the networking hardware:

https://www.digi.com/customersuccesses/driving-operational-efficiencies-intelligent-waste

"Custom embedded cellular radios form Digi Wireless Design Services into
solar powered trash and recycling compactor units."

So they are using cellular radios.

 -Tom