[TriEmbed] TriEmbed Digest, Vol 36, Issue 18

Tue May 24 17:34:41 CDT 2016

Don't put too much weight on what you might find in opencellID. I have 
firsthand experience that their dataset stinks. I have literally driven 
around town collecting ID's on Tmobile's network, and 90% of the ID's I 
saw were not in their db. I applaud the concept, I just don't think they 
have enough critical mass to get a reliable DB. Those same ID's were all 
visible in Google's commercial cell tower ID DB.

On 2016-05-24 14:53, Chip McClelland via TriEmbed wrote:
> Michael,
> 
> I have some experience with this - using the Adafruit FONA GPRS (2G)
> modem. I will soon start playing with 3G so this might change then.
> 
> In my experience, AT&T has the better 2G network but they have
> announced plans to close this offering in 2017. You should test the
> T-Mobile 2G coverage at your house as it may be better. If you like,
> you can look at what towers are near you with OpenCellID [1]. This is
> also where the GSMLoc information comes from.
> 
> I purchase my SIM cards from embeddedworks.net [2] a 2G plan with 5Mb
> of monthly data branded as Vodafone but running on AT&T costs about
> $30.
> 
> I have a number of plans for this area and I can let you or others
> know if interested:
>  - Rewriting the software to eliminate any use of the evil Strings
> data type
>  - Playing with different antennas - particularly directional
>  - Moving to 3G with either the Spark or FONA platforms
>  - Splitting the processing tasks on the board between the Arduino to
> run the sensor and the Simblee to manage communications
> 
> I hope that helps.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Chip
> 
> I have tried both AT&T and T-Mobile
> 
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>> Subject: [TriEmbed] Looking for advice on IoT/M2M data plans
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>> Hi all,
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>> I'm setting up node-red ( http://nodered.org/ ) on a Raspberry Pi,
>> to
>> handle home automation/IoT stuff. Since I want it to ping me if my
>> house
>> is on fire, I'm looking around for device-oriented data plans, in
>> case home
>> Internet goes out.
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>> Can anyone share their experiences with IoT/M2M data plans in the
>> Triangle
>> area?
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>> Thanks!
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>> On 05/23/2016 04:01 PM, Michael Clayton via TriEmbed wrote:
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>>> Can anyone share their experiences with IoT/M2M data plans in the
>>> Triangle area?
>> 
>> No personal experience yet, but SparkFun recommends/resells T-Mobile
>> for
>> their cellular modem products. There are T-Mobile brick-and-mortars
>> in
>> the area, so there must be some amount of coverage...
>> 
>> -B
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> Links:
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> http://opencellid.org/#action=filters.recentlyUploadedBaseStationMeasurements&time=24
> [2] http://www.embeddedworks.net/m2m-data.html
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