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Time to pop it in a data usage heavy device for free data. The bbc or someone has had at least one article about a bird tracking device that operated via cellu
by TheAdamist 3y ago
Time to pop it in a data usage heavy device for free data.
The bbc or someone has had at least one article about a bird tracking device that operated via cellular and a sim that expected 5k or less data a month suddenly started charging gigs a month in their home continent just after the last natural looking flight of the bird ended, the ornithological society involved had a few shock bills.
- janosdebugs 3y agoFrom what I know, this wouldn't work. I worked for a telco and the way they explained it to me is that SIMs for these purposes are not the same as consumer SIMs. They end up on a different network using a different APN and they typically go straight to a VPN or other private network for their owner. And no, you can't reconfigure them to the consumer APN (I asked). (This was not in the US btw.)
- bdavbdav 3y agoMost SIMs for such purposes are sat directly on an L2TP connection or similar. They’re often not public internet. As a consumer you can buy similar - I know my ISP (A&A) will sell you (quite reasonably) a sim that will drop straight onto an L2TP connection of your choosing.
- doubleg72 3y agoNope.. Machine to machine plans most likely