Ah-hah. Carry on then good sir, and I shall go back to my home under yon bridge :) On Mar 8, 2016 2:06 PM, "Forrest Christian (List Account)" < li...@packetflux.com> wrote:
> Actually, the industry which is driving this for us isn't the WISP > industry. Instead, it's the off-grid solar people who want their cell > phone to beep when their solar system is having issues.... > > On Tue, Mar 8, 2016 at 12:52 PM, Josh Reynolds <j...@kyneticwifi.com> > wrote: > >> Unless you can beat the price of doing it with a r-pi w/ usb 3g/4g modem >> or mikrotik routerboard with 3g/4g usb, then I wouldn't even worry about >> it. The feature set and price would have to be truly impressive for me to >> consider it over those 2 other solutions. >> >> On Tue, Mar 8, 2016 at 1:50 PM, Forrest Christian (List Account) < >> li...@packetflux.com> wrote: >> >>> I still want everyone else's answer to this... but I'll add my $0.02: >>> (I guess what I'm saying is I don't want to hijack this thread....since >>> I'm interested in everyone's answers.) >>> >>> I've been looking at adding a product to the PacketFlux line which uses >>> a cellular modem to manage it. The hold up until recently has been the >>> arrogance of the cellular companies, especially in the US. Getting a >>> cellular modem module and integrating it isn't a big issue for us (I've >>> been playing with this for a while). Jumping through the hoops the >>> cellular companies require for this IS a big deal, and historically has >>> cost a lot of money. It is amazing how you can take a module which the >>> cellular companies have pre-approved on their network, but it still costs >>> $20K to certify a product which uses the module as it was intended to be >>> permitted to talk on their network. Add a SKU? Another 10K, even if it's >>> virtually identical hardware. >>> >>> Recently AT&T has softened their policies on this to permit >>> pre-certified modules on the network (supposedly) without jumping through >>> the expensive hoops. So, this may be happening sooner than I would have >>> expected. I sort of am envisioning some sort of hybrid connection to the >>> sitemonitor line, plus ability to control other devices via snmp or telnet. >>> >>> On Tue, Mar 8, 2016 at 12:36 PM, Eric Kuhnke <eric.kuh...@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> For example with HSPA+/LTE modems, to have proper OOB into the routers >>>> at a crucial POP. >>>> >>>> $6/mo per active SIM card is pretty cheap for M2M data SIMs, though the >>>> $/MB rate is not the best. But for the application I have in mind it would >>>> be console SSH traffic, which is super low bandwidth. >>>> >>>> https://ting.com/rates >>>> >>>> For LTE they're an MVNO on AT&T and T-Mobile. >>>> >>>> Looking at the FAQ they say that the data usage can be limited and >>>> monitored on a per-device basis, which could be useful. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> *Forrest Christian* *CEO**, PacketFlux Technologies, Inc.* >>> Tel: 406-449-3345 | Address: 3577 Countryside Road, Helena, MT 59602 >>> forre...@imach.com | http://www.packetflux.com >>> <http://www.linkedin.com/in/fwchristian> >>> <http://facebook.com/packetflux> <http://twitter.com/@packetflux> >>> >>> >> > > > -- > *Forrest Christian* *CEO**, PacketFlux Technologies, Inc.* > Tel: 406-449-3345 | Address: 3577 Countryside Road, Helena, MT 59602 > forre...@imach.com | http://www.packetflux.com > <http://www.linkedin.com/in/fwchristian> <http://facebook.com/packetflux> > <http://twitter.com/@packetflux> > >
