Competition +1 ! <monday 'lost it' mode> Again, in France: Free Mobile (Free for Liberty, not as in Beer :-) ) is, well, almost Free ! They’re barely settling in and building their 3G/4GLTE network and don’t have a 2G network, so they cut a deal with Orange (1bn€/year minimum) to have access as an MVNO to the 2G spectrum. Most native cells have been converted from 3G to 3G+LTE overnight (thanks SDR and good equipment) though LTE is harder to penetrate, bandwidth is pretty good now (>50Mbs in goodish conditions) Two offers: 20€/month, 3GB/month (20GB on LTE) + unlimited calls/texts to a big part of the worlds landlines, mobiles, and so… (4€ rebate if ADSL/fiber subscriber = 16€) And: the best: 2€/month (free if subscriber): 2h of calls (dirt cheap beyond), unlimited texts, 50MB/month of data: that’s it, 50MB/month! a no-brainer ! They don’t « allow » use in anything else than a phone, but the fine print (and some ppl I know) actually says that if it’s « humanly triggered exchanges » it’s ok, which is nearly the case :-) So it’s 2€ or 0€/month for the OVMS… Come’on, bring over your Tesla’s, Free’s owner has his, saw him a few weeks in it, we smiled at each other (yeah, Twizy glamour) :) forget about the recent .eu election results, we still have good food and we have the original grapes that grow in Napa :) </monday 'lost it' mode> Bottom line: Would a double-stack GSM+UNB (ultra narrow band) radio system be good? Mark, any way you could build a density map of ovms modules? I wonder if we’re getting anything close to the critical mass needed to build an alternative ‘mesh' network (and/or on the principle of what SigFox is doing on the 869MHz spectrum with a 20$ radio modem and a handful of base stations) regards JaXX./. De: Mark Webb-Johnson mark@webb-johnson.net

  Just heard from another user who is trying "Consumer Cellular" (another AT&T MVNO). I've asked him to also add his experience to that thread on TMC.

You guys in USA need some serious competition in your Internet and Wireless providers. Seems that USA is still the most expensive place in the world for OVMS data plans.

Regards, Mark.

On 26 May, 2014, at 2:57 am, Tom Saxton wrote:

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I just posted info on using a cheap OVMS-compatible cell service reseller, H20 Wireless, on TMC.

http://www.teslamotorsclub.com/showthread.php/7716-OVMS-Installation?p=6668 97&viewfull=1#post666897

Hat tip to Cathy for doing the research to find a cheaper provider for us.

It looks promising, but the jury is still out.

Tom

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