[TriEmbed] Did anyone discuss M2M data plans?

[Charles McClelland]

Shane, 

Timely post indeed.  I will be running a test over the weekend and should be able to answer your question on the amount of data points.  For my application, 1Mb may be a bit light so I am considering two alternatives: 

Embedded Networks <http://www.embeddedworks.net/> - 5Mb/Month for 6 months for $43.99 <http://www.embeddedworks.net/wsim2737.html> - Problem is that I have a problem with the GPRS connection.  Working on it…
Sparkfun also has a card - Unlimited 2G data for $79.95 for 6 months <https://www.sparkfun.com/products/13186>.  - Will use this after above card runs out.

I will let you know what I have on Sunday once I get my test rig running again.

Chip




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> I know Chip was looking at data plans for his monitoring devices but do not
> recall if anyone has talked about M2M data plans.
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> Doing some searching and found this one which is GSM (2G, 3G) and gives you
> 1MB per month for a year for $29.92.
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> http://www.embeddedworks.net/wsim2730.html
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> Does anyone have a feel for how many data points you can transmit in a 1MB
> allowance? I have no idea how much the protocol overhead may eat into your
> data. I suspect some bundling of data would be require to optimize your
> real-world data-points per 1MB.
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> Thanks,
> Shane
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