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This is the usual marketing nonsense. But unless mobile carriers start offering very cheap plans for IOT devices (which is in itself unlikely), I don't see this
by Tharkun 8y ago
This is the usual marketing nonsense. But unless mobile carriers start offering very cheap plans for IOT devices (which is in itself unlikely), I don't see this happening any time soon. WiFi is pretty much here to stay, and is much more reliable indoors than 4/5/6/7/..G
- pmontra 8y agoMaybe manufacturers will pay a flat fee to carriers for all their devices in a country. Then when the manufacturer stops paying / doesn't pay enough / shuts down those devices become useless.
- flukus 8y ago> But unless mobile carriers start offering very cheap plans for IOT devices (which is in itself unlikely) I would have thought there was something equivalent of the electricity duck curve for *G and they've got plenty of bandwidth to sell at certain times of day.
- Tharkun 8y agoFor me it's not a matter of bandwidth, just the cost of the number of SIMs needed. I have hundreds of devices in the field, many in locations with no wifi or wired internet available. They all have sim slots, but the cost (in Belgium) makes it an impossible venture.
- swebs 8y ago>But unless mobile carriers start offering very cheap plans for IOT devices (which is in itself unlikely) Like this? https://hologram.io/pricing/ https://hologram.io/pricing/ https://www.particle.io/pricing/#cellular-data https://www.particle.io/pricing/#cellular-data