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Cars are a problem but other IoT devices are not adding cellular because it costs a fortune. It's just a HN conspiracy theory.
by wmf 3y ago
Cars are a problem but other IoT devices are not adding cellular because it costs a fortune. It's just a HN conspiracy theory.
- freedomben 3y agoDo you have any data on the costs? I can't find it now, but I remember seeing an estimate at around $5 per IoT device, which for some devices might double the cost but for others could easily pay for itself in delicious, nourishing data that can be used or sold for other things. I'd really love that number to be way lower than reality though.
- wmf 3y agoMaybe the modem costs $5 but the service will be much more. These costs are negotiated and the people who get good deals won't talk about them so it's hard to say.
- gothroach 3y agoDepends on the type of device you're talking about. The company I work for installs batteries and solar on homes as part of its business and we were surprised to find cell modems starting to come installed inside the battery system we use most often - with no notice to us or apparent change in how the system operates. It's not for customer-accessible statistics/usage information, those still require a hardwired connection. We haven't been able to get a good answer from the company about why they started being installed.