It claims the mast improves reliability and allows for 100% signal coverage.

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The interface with large text and icons is user-friendly, but achieving this means an absence of features you might find with popular router firmware dd-wrt, such as the ability to change signal strength or bridge together multiple networks for wider coverage.

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The captured data is then encoded with GPS info and immediately sent to a call center or trusted friend, or stored for future transmission if a signal is not readily available (since you need to reenter a coverage area at some point for this device to be effective, we can safely rule out T-Mobile as a potential carrier).

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Since roaming has not been enabled on LTE, subscribers who travel or live in areas without consistent coverage will lose LTE service frequently, and their phones could run down their batteries hunting for a signal.

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Thanks to spotty Wi-Fi coverage, we'd go a short distance, talking naturally, then halt as the robot lost signal, or veered off.

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