SIM card for house alarm
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h3g ones wont work unless the panel supports 3g, if the network detects it has been put in a 2g only device it will block it until it goes into a 3g capable device, 3 dont own 2g infrastructure. so it would be permanently roaming and costing them money.
o2 used to last ages, but that was a long time ago, I have fitted nothing but csl m2m contract sims for quite a while in intruder and wardencall gear. 3 payg is good for cctv though in a 4g router.
Google prepay m2m sims and see what you find.
o2 used to last ages, but that was a long time ago, I have fitted nothing but csl m2m contract sims for quite a while in intruder and wardencall gear. 3 payg is good for cctv though in a 4g router.
Google prepay m2m sims and see what you find.
Edited by OldGermanHeaps on Saturday 19th January 22:00
100% use ThingsMobile. I use mine on the house alarm (a few SMS messages a month) and I've used a few pence of the initial £10 top up over 3 months.
The web console is also really good for monitoring usage as they're designed for thousands of IoT devices, but overkill for my purposes.
Also, they're not locked to any network and so just pick whatever is strongest.
The web console is also really good for monitoring usage as they're designed for thousands of IoT devices, but overkill for my purposes.
Also, they're not locked to any network and so just pick whatever is strongest.
RogerDodger said:
I use a Giffgaff SIM . All I have to do is either get it to text me ( I just text it with a status request)
How do you do that? My father has a similar SIM as a backup in his dual SIM phone, but explaining to him over the phone how to change default SIM temporarily is very painful!If I could get his phone to respond to my text once every 6 months it would be much easier.
How much data would it consume per month? You can have a free Three SIM with 200MB of data free here: https://www.three.co.uk/Free_SIM_MBB/Order
or if texts only then Three 321 PAYG with credits lasting forever and costs 2p per text
or if texts only then Three 321 PAYG with credits lasting forever and costs 2p per text
Edited by Somebody on Monday 21st January 13:45
s2kjock said:
RogerDodger said:
I use a Giffgaff SIM . All I have to do is either get it to text me ( I just text it with a status request)
How do you do that? My father has a similar SIM as a backup in his dual SIM phone, but explaining to him over the phone how to change default SIM temporarily is very painful!If I could get his phone to respond to my text once every 6 months it would be much easier.
Riley Blue said:
Not bad but must top up every 120 days with £10I recently setup an EE sim like this.
Just ring their support line before you top it up, speak to an advisor, say you want old school pay and go, not any of their "packs".
Then I think you need to use it at least once every 3 months.
Prices here https://ee.co.uk/content/dam/ee-help/help-pdfs/ee-...
Just ring their support line before you top it up, speak to an advisor, say you want old school pay and go, not any of their "packs".
Then I think you need to use it at least once every 3 months.
Prices here https://ee.co.uk/content/dam/ee-help/help-pdfs/ee-...
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