[Ovmsdev] What Cellular Provider, and how much are you paying (US$)

[Jack West]

USA
AT&T, GoPhone, 10 cent/min plan with data at 1¢/5kb
Zero
Averaging $13/month over last 4 months
.01/5kb.  Seems to incur a minimum 1¢ charge for any data use(ie. data is not cumulative)
Unknown
Text message is 20¢

Jack



On Sep 9, 2012, at 7:22 PM, Mark Webb-Johnson <mark at webb-johnson.net> wrote:

> 
> I've been told by many people, that one of the biggest problems with OVMS is the cellular providers. It is a hassle to maintain a pre-paid card, and the providers keep changing the rules. Particularly in the USA.
> 
> Could you let me know (with figures in US$, approximately ok, please):
> 
> What country are you in?
> 
> What cellular provider and service do you use?
> 
> How much do you pay, up-front for the SIM card?
> 
> How much do you pay, monthly for the service (SMS + Data)?
> 
> How much do you pay, per-MB for data?
> 
> Long-term viability - do you think this is still going to be possible in a year or two?
> 
> Anything else relevant?
> 
> Just reply to this email, on the mailing list. I only need 1 report for each provider, so if you see someone else reply to the list for your provider you can ignore this.
> 
> Thanks, Mark.
> 
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