<div dir="ltr">Ed I'm with you.<div><br></div><div>I have 3 devices from FreedomPop, each with their own level of service. And I've been pretty pleased with them - especially considering the cost (zero if you stay under the limit)...</div><div><br></div><div>Note that FreedomPop was recently acquired by Red Pocket, so we'll have to see how long the current deals continue</div><div><a href="https://www.fiercewireless.com/wireless/red-pocket-mobile-buys-mvno-freedompop">https://www.fiercewireless.com/wireless/red-pocket-mobile-buys-mvno-freedompop</a> </div><div><br></div><div>I received an email from FreedomPop about the change of ownership. They indicated no changes on the horizon. Time will tell if they maintain the 'free forever' levels.</div><div><br></div><div>Another alternative surfaces quite frequently -
<a href="https://ting.com/">https://ting.com/</a> .</div><div>I've activated ***many many many*** GSM SIMs on Ting at work.</div><div>I've been quite pleased with their service as a company, and their prices are pretty good as retail consumer prices go.</div><div>The only caveat with Ting is that their GSM SIMs ride on T-Mobile, which to this day still sometimes has coverage issues in certain areas.</div><div>But you can check for that with this site - I've found it to be pretty accurate over large swaths of the US. <b><i>It will also help you understand what band support you'll need in your radio module for any given location: </i></b><a href="https://ting.com/coverage">https://ting.com/coverage</a> </div><div>Having worked with Ting, it's clear to me why it's a common choice for IoT in lots of the hobby / hacker communities...</div><div><br></div><div>- Carl</div><div><br></div><div> <br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div> <br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Jun 26, 2019 at 4:18 PM Ed Okerson via DPRGlist <<a href="mailto:dprglist@lists.dprg.org">dprglist@lists.dprg.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Clay,<br>
<br>
You can get cheap 4G LTE hotspot from FreedomPop.com<br>
<br>
<a href="https://shop.freedompop.com/product/used-franklin-wireless-r850-4g-lte-mobile-hotspot-cdma/FRK-R850BKR" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://shop.freedompop.com/product/used-franklin-wireless-r850-4g-lte-mobile-hotspot-cdma/FRK-R850BKR</a><br>
<br>
Sign up for the level of data service you need, they offer a free level <br>
that is up to 500MB/month on the Sprint network, if you need more you <br>
have to pay for it.<br>
<br>
Build your monitoring system on your favorite device that supports WiFi <br>
and pair it to the hotspot.<br>
<br>
Beyond that, it is standard networking stuff. If you want real "Cloud" <br>
like AWS, then you need an account there. They also offer free levels <br>
for small instances. If by "Cloud" you just mean internet access, then <br>
you can set up a server on your home network for it to connect to.<br>
<br>
Ed Okerson<br>
<br>
On 2019-06-26 15:08, Clayton Timmons via DPRGlist wrote:<br>
> I'm helping out a solar car team and we want to send data to the cloud<br>
> once every few seconds so that the team can monitor the car remotely.<br>
> <br>
> I'm sure there are dozens of options to do this. Just wanted to ask<br>
> the group. What is recommended? Looking for simple and cheap.<br>
> <br>
> Thanks,<br>
> <br>
> -Clay Timmons-<br>
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