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In the previous video, we saw the first type of network, which was the private network.
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But if you or your team don't have enough knowledge about the technology or if you just don't want to
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build a private network because it's not relevant, then you can ask the service to a public operator.
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The LoRaWANoperator will give us the network coverage.
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It has a high number of gateways spread all over the country and those gateways are all configured to
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send their data to an operator network server.
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And that's great because we'll also have access to this network server.
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So the server infrastructure is also provided.
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So in the case of a public network, everything is owned by the operator except your own device.
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However, there are two drawbacks that we can notice if you use a public network.
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First, if you have a large number of devices, then the subscription will be expensive.
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And secondly, even if we deploy devices where it's supposed to be covered by the network, we'll always
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find a situation where it doesn't work.
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It can be because your device is in a basement or behind big concrete walls.
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But because you use a public network and you can't assign yourself a specific location for the gateways,
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then there is nothing much you can do about this situation.
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Now, I'm sure you want to know how much is it for a subscription?
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Well, that depends on the number of uplink messages you will be able to send per days.
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And that also depends on the number of downlink messages.
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Because downlink flows in lorawan is very limited.
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So you will probably be charged more if you use a lot of downlink data.
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Anyway, it's roughly around €1.5 per month and per device.
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And if you want to know which public operator is available in your country, then you can go on the
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alliance website.
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And select the country you're interested in.
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In France, for example, there are two public operators available right now.