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.
http://www.teslamotorsclub.com/showthread.php/7716-OVMS-Installation?p=666897&viewfull=1#post666897
Here is the GoPhone plan to which I signed-up:
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10¢/minutefor all
nationwide calls, pay per use data
and pay per use text (or add
messaging package)
Messaging Packages available for 10¢/minute plan.
$19.99 for Unlimited, $9.99 for 1,000 Messages and $4.99 for 200 Messages
Pay-Per-Use Rates: Domestic Text - 20¢ per message sent/received,
International text - 25¢ per message sent/20¢ per message received
Domestic Picture/Video - 25¢ per message sent/received, International
Picture/Video - 50¢ per message sent/25¢ per message received
Data - 1¢/5 kb (Basic & Quick Messaging phones only). Pay per use data
is not available for smartphones
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The bit about pre-paying $10/mo or $100/yr is here:
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* *Buy a GoPhone Refill card* at AT&T wireless stores or any one of
more than 200,000 retail locations. Many cards will prompt you to
refill right on your phone using the card PIN. Otherwise, you can
o Refill cards have varying expiration dates. $10 to $24 refill
cards expire in 30 days; $25 to $99 expire in 90 days and $100
and higher expire in 1 year.
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So because I paid $100 up-front I have 1 year to use that up in the plan
fees (OVMS will use texting and data only). If I limit this OVMS module
to very little texting (mostly using it for start-up configuration) I
should come-in under $100 data usage in the year.
Recognize that you have to take a phone in with you (not a smart phone)
or buy one of their phones that are not "smart" for this package. Then
take the SIM out and put it into the OVMS module.
If you talk to them about OVMS and such then some staff will consider it
like a "tablet" or a "mobile hotspot", and then you end up in a
different category.
Thanks,
Lee.
On 06/11/2014 09:54 PM, phil hochstetler wrote:
I walked into my local AT&T store and tried exactly that. They told me
you cannot get that deal anymore. The cheapest go phone deal was more
than $20/month.
Phil H.
On 06/11/2014 09:37 AM, phil hochstetler wrote:
They are a AT&T reseller but have very nice terms for our
limited use (much better than going to AT&T directly). $11.88
/ month for 200 text messages and 20 MB of data (1000 text and
100 MB data only costs $14.25). These prices are with the
AARP 5% discount.
A minimal AT&T GoPhone with text and data pay-as-you-go is
$10/month or $100/year (prepaid). You can get that just by
walking into an AT&T store. At $100/yr that's $8.34/mo.
Just sayin'.
Lee.
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