Well I left my tin foil and black helicopter ideas back over on the other thread.
I wanted to start a new thread to catalog interesting LoRaWAN info.
Here is an interesting article comparing LoRa vs LTE-M vs Sigfox.
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Adafruit Feather 32u4 RFM95 LoRa Radio - 900MHz
is back in stock
@ terrence thanks for sharing. Thats a very informative blog. I may have to get some LoRa modules to test out soon.
@ hagster - You are welcome. For a system of iot devices sending data back to the network, LoRa is the answer. Distance and low power.
Currently I am using MultiTech hardware for LoRaWAN.
The conduit is the base station that you plug your Ethernet cable into.
Notice the 210A, which is the AEP version and has a GUI for configuration, also uses NodeRed.
They also sell a 210L Linux version for you CLI junkies.
MultiConnect® Conduit™
MTCDT-210A-US-EU-GB
This is the LoRa card that you insert into the conduit. There are many different types of cards to purchase.
MultiConnect® mCard™
MTAC-LORA-915
This is the radio with a STM32F411RET cpu that you program with mbed.
512 KB (400 KB customer usable)
They are coming out with a M0 mdot in a month or so that should require much less power, thus longer battery life.
MultiConnect® mDot™
MTDOT-915-X1-SMA-1
Plug the mdot into this board, usb cable, download your code from mbed and you are off to the races.
Here is a link to ARMmbed site talking about mDot development
https://developer.mbed.org/platforms/mts-mdot-f411/
MultiConnect® mDot™ Developer Kit
MTUDK2-ST-MDOT
MultiTech is a US company located on the outskirts of Minneapolis, Minnesota
Sales and service have been excellent.
2 year warranty on hardware.
Direct sales, contact Brandon Dalida
BDalida@ multitech.com
This is an interesting $35 LoRa Nano Gateway. Thank goodness programmable with a high level language MicroPython.
866mhz, no 915 for USA though.
Might it be an idea to compile a list of possible candidate solutions for LoRaWAN. It might trigger others, including myself for the use of LoRa
One i could think of is an car accident alarm… that sends GPS coordinates in case of a crash (long distance, small package of information)
@ RobvanSchelven - Good idea. I will attempt to put my brain on it.
@ U2 - Given the fact that a gateway is always avail within the sending limits of lora, which would have to be within 20 km or ?
This is a very interesting board that I backed on Kickstarter. Hopefully shipping in July 2016.
It is the Swiss army knife of LoRa boards.
-LiPo charge controller
-Accelerometer and magnetometer
-SAMD21 32bit mcu
-Ublox GPS
-14 I/O lines
-and the elusive Microchip RN2903 or RN2483
The LoRaOne Base is a base board where you snap the LoRaOne onto it.
The base has a solar power port and LiPo battery connector.
The kit I purchased comes with a small solar panel and battery.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/sodaq/loraone-the-lora-iot-development-board/description
@ Terrence - You are not the only one waiting … 
@ .Peter. - Right, I wonder if they will be able to get RN2903s from MicroChip for their July delivery.
@ Terrence - Did you address this at the TTN forum ?
@ .Peter. -
http://forum.thethingsnetwork.org/t/are-the-usa-telcos-trying-to-kill-the-lora-usa-915-market/2342
@ Terrence - Read that discussion, but there is no explicit mention whether delivering the USA frequency can or can’t be made by the sodaq kickstarter campaign.
Oh, I see what you mean. I will try and ask the question of the sodaq group. Good point, thanks.
@ Terrence - Too late, I’ve already taken the liberty to ask for it … look in the campaign’s comments.
@ .Peter. - Good deal. I might add another comment to back your comment up so they might answer.
Here is a Lora / GPS expansion board for Raspberry Pi. It can be used as LoRaWAN node or gateway.
http://wiki.dragino.com/index.php?title=Lora/GPS_HAT
@ hagster - Oops, sorry, I thought I replied to your message.
You are welcome. Yes, I think LoRa is a great connectivity option for sending telemetry data back to the cloud.