<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><div>I expect that the H2O plan I described on this TMC post will cost me a bit over $40 per year ($10 for 90 days times 4) plus 5 cents per text message.</div><div><br></div><div>http://www.teslamotorsclub.com/showthread.php/7716-OVMS-Installation?p=666897&viewfull=1#post666897</div><div><br></div><div> Tom</div><div><br></div><div>-----Original Message-----</div><div>From: Lee Howard <<a href="mailto:lee.howard@mainpine.com">lee.howard@mainpine.com</a>></div><div>Reply-To: OVMS Developers <<a href="mailto:ovmsdev@lists.teslaclub.hk">ovmsdev@lists.teslaclub.hk</a>></div><div>Date: Thursday, June 12, 2014 at 10:00 AM</div><div>To: OVMS Developers <<a href="mailto:ovmsdev@lists.teslaclub.hk">ovmsdev@lists.teslaclub.hk</a>></div><div>Subject: Re: [Ovmsdev] Build environment</div><div><br></div><blockquote id="MAC_OUTLOOK_ATTRIBUTION_BLOCKQUOTE" style="BORDER-LEFT: #b5c4df 5 solid; PADDING:0 0 0 5; MARGIN:0 0 0 5;"><div>Here is the GoPhone plan to which I signed-up:</div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://www.paygonline.com/websc/rateplans/rateplan_en.jsp">https://www.paygonline.com/websc/rateplans/rateplan_en.jsp</a></div><div><br></div><div>-----------------------</div><div>10¢/minutefor all</div><div>nationwide calls, pay per use data</div><div>and pay per use text (or add</div><div>messaging package)</div><div><br></div><div>Messaging Packages available for 10¢/minute plan.</div><div>$19.99 for Unlimited, $9.99 for 1,000 Messages and $4.99 for 200 Messages</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Pay-Per-Use Rates: Domestic Text - 20¢ per message sent/received, </div><div>International text - 25¢ per message sent/20¢ per message received</div><div>Domestic Picture/Video - 25¢ per message sent/received, International </div><div>Picture/Video - 50¢ per message sent/25¢ per message received</div><div>Data - 1¢/5 kb (Basic & Quick Messaging phones only). Pay per use data </div><div>is not available for smartphones</div><div>------------------------</div><div><br></div><div>The bit about pre-paying $10/mo or $100/yr is here:</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.att.com/shop/wireless/plans/prepaidplans.html#tabAccount">http://www.att.com/shop/wireless/plans/prepaidplans.html#tabAccount</a></div><div><br></div><div>-----------------------</div><div><br></div><div> * *Buy a GoPhone Refill card* at AT&T wireless stores or any one of</div><div> more than 200,000 retail locations. Many cards will prompt you to</div><div> refill right on your phone using the card PIN. Otherwise, you can</div><div> also add the value online <<a href="https://www.paygonline.com/websc/index.jsp">https://www.paygonline.com/websc/index.jsp</a>>.</div><div> o Refill cards have varying expiration dates. $10 to $24 refill</div><div> cards expire in 30 days; $25 to $99 expire in 90 days and $100</div><div> and higher expire in 1 year.</div><div><br></div><div>-----------------------</div><div><br></div><div>So because I paid $100 up-front I have 1 year to use that up in the plan </div><div>fees (OVMS will use texting and data only). If I limit this OVMS module </div><div>to very little texting (mostly using it for start-up configuration) I </div><div>should come-in under $100 data usage in the year.</div><div><br></div><div>Recognize that you have to take a phone in with you (not a smart phone) </div><div>or buy one of their phones that are not "smart" for this package. Then </div><div>take the SIM out and put it into the OVMS module.</div><div><br></div><div>If you talk to them about OVMS and such then some staff will consider it </div><div>like a "tablet" or a "mobile hotspot", and then you end up in a </div><div>different category.</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks,</div><div><br></div><div>Lee.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>On 06/11/2014 09:54 PM, phil hochstetler wrote:</div><blockquote id="MAC_OUTLOOK_ATTRIBUTION_BLOCKQUOTE" style="BORDER-LEFT: #b5c4df 5 solid; PADDING:0 0 0 5; MARGIN:0 0 0 5;"><div><br></div><div> I walked into my local AT&T store and tried exactly that. They told me </div><div> you cannot get that deal anymore. The cheapest go phone deal was more </div><div> than $20/month.</div><div><br></div><div> Phil H.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div> On Wed, Jun 11, 2014 at 3:16 PM, Lee Howard <<a href="mailto:lee.howard@mainpine.com">lee.howard@mainpine.com</a> </div><div> <<a href="mailto:lee.howard@mainpine.com>">mailto:lee.howard@mainpine.com></a>> wrote:</div><div><br></div><div> On 06/11/2014 09:37 AM, phil hochstetler wrote:</div><div><br></div><div> They are a AT&T reseller but have very nice terms for our</div><div> limited use (much better than going to AT&T directly). $11.88</div><div> / month for 200 text messages and 20 MB of data (1000 text and</div><div> 100 MB data only costs $14.25). These prices are with the</div><div> AARP 5% discount.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div> A minimal AT&T GoPhone with text and data pay-as-you-go is</div><div> $10/month or $100/year (prepaid). You can get that just by</div><div> walking into an AT&T store. At $100/yr that's $8.34/mo.</div><div><br></div><div> Just sayin'.</div><div><br></div><div> Lee.</div><div><br></div><div> -- </div><div> *Lee Howard*</div><div> *Mainpine, Inc. Chief Technology Officer*</div><div> Tel: +1 866 363 6680 <tel:%2B1%20866%20363%206680> | Fax: +1 360</div><div> 462 8160 <tel:%2B1%20360%20462%208160></div><div> <a href="mailto:lee.howard@mainpine.com">lee.howard@mainpine.com</a> <<a href="mailto:lee.howard@mainpine.com">mailto:lee.howard@mainpine.com</a>> |</div><div> www.mainpine.com <<a href="http://www.mainpine.com">http://www.mainpine.com</a>></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div> _______________________________________________</div><div> OvmsDev mailing list</div><div> <a href="mailto:OvmsDev@lists.teslaclub.hk">OvmsDev@lists.teslaclub.hk</a></div><div> <a href="http://lists.teslaclub.hk/mailman/listinfo/ovmsdev">http://lists.teslaclub.hk/mailman/listinfo/ovmsdev</a></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>-- </div><div>*Lee Howard*</div><div>*Mainpine, Inc. 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