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<p>Clay,</p>
<p>If you're just looking for a cloud service to send some data to,
you can checkout <a href="https://io.adafruit.com/">https://io.adafruit.com/</a>.</p>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 6/26/19 6:59 PM, Carl Ott via
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<div dir="ltr">Ed I'm with you.
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<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>
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<div>Note that FreedomPop was recently acquired by Red Pocket,
so we'll have to see how long the current deals continue</div>
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href="https://www.fiercewireless.com/wireless/red-pocket-mobile-buys-mvno-freedompop"
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<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>
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<div>Another alternative surfaces quite frequently -
<a href="https://ting.com/" moz-do-not-send="true">https://ting.com/</a>
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<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" moz-do-not-send="true">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>
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You can get cheap 4G LTE hotspot from FreedomPop.com<br>
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<a
href="https://shop.freedompop.com/product/used-franklin-wireless-r850-4g-lte-mobile-hotspot-cdma/FRK-R850BKR"
rel="noreferrer" target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">https://shop.freedompop.com/product/used-franklin-wireless-r850-4g-lte-mobile-hotspot-cdma/FRK-R850BKR</a><br>
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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>
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Build your monitoring system on your favorite device that
supports WiFi <br>
and pair it to the hotspot.<br>
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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>
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Ed Okerson<br>
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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>
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> 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>
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> Thanks,<br>
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> -Clay Timmons-<br>
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