Exactly. (Hence the lead-in in the original sentence, "I wish....")
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Does the C8 still not support Zwave Long Range?
If not, what exactly is the hold up?
No,
Hold up is time needed to develop and test.
Now that Matter is launched I suspect we will see some movement on the LR.
Is there any other hubs that have implemented it yet? Last I knew none of the major players for home hubs had it. Hubitat will possibly be the first.
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Z-Way / Zwave.Me
Although Zwave LR does indeed work on that hub, it is hard to recommend that hub due to the lack of support and updates.
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So latest FW update with "Z-Wave and Z-Wave Long Range 700/800 SDK 7.18.1.0" does not enable Z-Wave Long Range?
Updating Z-Wave radio on C-7 hubs after version 2.3.8.122
Not by itself, no. It still takes interface updates and other back end support.
"soon"
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You heard something?
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I'm not a paid employee of hubitat so I can speculate and pontificate (within reason) with impunity.
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anxiously waiting so i can get this device and finally get reliability at the mail box.. right now every month or two i need to replace the 2450 battery in the zigbee smarthings 4 sensor due to the distance and difficulty in signal
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Z-wave Long Range question...
I know there are advantages to using newer Z-Wave chips like the 800 series, even without Long Range. But If you already have (battery operated) 800 series Z-wave devices not configured as Long Range, but that are already connected "direct" to your HE, is there any advantage to using Z-Wave Long Range?
I guess I am asking if the "Long Range" adds any benefit other than the long range? Less battery usage? More reliability? More speed?
The way the modulation and radio work on LR it can lead to lower transmission power required, which would equal lower battery usage. But it is 100% application dependent.
No guarantee it would be lower, and no "rule of thumb" to say it would always be lower either.
I'll do similar power testing as shown below on some of the Zooz 800LR battery operated devices once LR is officially released on Hubitat. But even then the results will still be application dependent, but may be interesting to see anyway.
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There you go again.
If I throw enough gueses out there one of them will eventually be right. 
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You must be a Psychic/Clairvoyant to have such incredible powers of prediction!
Ahhh yes... I see now, you recently lost someone close to you.
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