<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Shane, <div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">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: </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><a href="http://www.embeddedworks.net" class="">Embedded Networks</a> - <a href="http://www.embeddedworks.net/wsim2737.html" class="">5Mb/Month for 6 months for $43.99</a> - Problem is that I have a problem with the GPRS connection. Working on it…</div><div class="">Sparkfun also has a card - <a href="https://www.sparkfun.com/products/13186" class="">Unlimited 2G data for $79.95 for 6 months</a>. - Will use this after above card runs out.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I will let you know what I have on Sunday once I get my test rig running again.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Chip</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Nov 21, 2014, at 1:00 PM, <a href="mailto:triembed-request@triembed.org" class="">triembed-request@triembed.org</a> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class="">Send TriEmbed mailing list submissions to<br class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="mailto:triembed@triembed.org" class="">triembed@triembed.org</a><br class=""><br class="">To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit<br class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>http://mail.triembed.org/mailman/listinfo/triembed_triembed.org<br class="">or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to<br class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>triembed-request@triembed.org<br class=""><br class="">You can reach the person managing the list at<br class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>triembed-owner@triembed.org<br class=""><br class="">When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific<br class="">than "Re: Contents of TriEmbed digest..."<br class=""><br class=""><br class="">Today's Topics:<br class=""><br class=""> 1. Did anyone discuss M2M data plans? (Shane Trent)<br class=""><br class=""><br class="">----------------------------------------------------------------------<br class=""><br class="">Message: 1<br class="">Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2014 14:16:51 -0500<br class="">From: Shane Trent <shanedtrent@gmail.com><br class="">To: TriEmbed Discussion <triembed@triembed.org><br class="">Subject: [TriEmbed] Did anyone discuss M2M data plans?<br class="">Message-ID:<br class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><CAAFjd3rnS9HpwA9HrAntMBEYqUU6bOxdrWt1ynsR=ZQPa11k=g@mail.gmail.com><br class="">Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"<br class=""><br class="">I know Chip was looking at data plans for his monitoring devices but do not<br class="">recall if anyone has talked about M2M data plans.<br class=""><br class="">Doing some searching and found this one which is GSM (2G, 3G) and gives you<br class="">1MB per month for a year for $29.92.<br class=""><br class="">http://www.embeddedworks.net/wsim2730.html<br class=""><br class="">Does anyone have a feel for how many data points you can transmit in a 1MB<br class="">allowance? I have no idea how much the protocol overhead may eat into your<br class="">data. I suspect some bundling of data would be require to optimize your<br class="">real-world data-points per 1MB.<br class=""><br class="">Thanks,<br class="">Shane<br class="">-------------- next part --------------<br class="">An HTML attachment was scrubbed...<br class="">URL: <http://mail.triembed.org/pipermail/triembed_triembed.org/attachments/20141120/1d0803b3/attachment-0001.html><br class=""><br class="">------------------------------<br class=""><br class="">Subject: Digest Footer<br class=""><br class="">_______________________________________________<br class="">TriEmbed mailing list<br class="">TriEmbed@triembed.org<br class="">http://mail.triembed.org/mailman/listinfo/triembed_triembed.org<br class=""><br class=""><br class="">------------------------------<br class=""><br class="">End of TriEmbed Digest, Vol 18, Issue 17<br class="">****************************************<br class=""></div></blockquote></div><br class=""></div></div></body></html>