Polish charity gets huge phone bill thanks to stork
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Re: Polish charity gets huge phone bill thanks to stork
#2Only tangentially related to the article, but where/how do researchers get global coverage SIM cards that you can just put on a stork and expect to get data/calling wherever it flies? I've looked for this before but only found what seemed like tourist scams with very high prices per MB/minute.
Re: Polish charity gets huge phone bill thanks to stork
#3Only tangentially related to the article, but where/how do researchers get global coverage SIM cards that you can just put on a stork and expect to get data/calling wherever it flies? I've looked for this before but only found what seemed like tourist scams with very high prices per MB/minute.
That's probably what they were paying. They probably used a very efficient protocol to keep bandwidth consumption low.
Re: Polish charity gets huge phone bill thanks to stork
#4Only tangentially related to the article, but where/how do researchers get global coverage SIM cards that you can just put on a stork and expect to get data/calling wherever it flies? I've looked for this before but only found what seemed like tourist scams with very high prices per MB/minute.
Maybe worth looking into how Amazon Kindle solved it years ago? They offered free GSM/3G? access to the internet, something like 150MB/monthly, unlimited access to Wikipedia, in so many countries, basically everywhere.
Re: Polish charity gets huge phone bill thanks to stork
#5Only tangentially related to the article, but where/how do researchers get global coverage SIM cards that you can just put on a stork and expect to get data/calling wherever it flies? I've looked for this before but only found what seemed like tourist scams with very high prices per MB/minute.
Here in Japan, an attendant at the local meetup works for a company that does just that:
Re: Polish charity gets huge phone bill thanks to stork
#6Only tangentially related to the article, but where/how do researchers get global coverage SIM cards that you can just put on a stork and expect to get data/calling wherever it flies? I've looked for this before but only found what seemed like tourist scams with very high prices per MB/minute.
Get GoogleFI - $10/GB worldwide
Re: Polish charity gets huge phone bill thanks to stork
#7Only tangentially related to the article, but where/how do researchers get global coverage SIM cards that you can just put on a stork and expect to get data/calling wherever it flies? I've looked for this before but only found what seemed like tourist scams with very high prices per MB/minute.
Maybe worth looking into how Amazon Kindle solved it years ago? They offered free GSM/3G? access to the internet, something like 150MB/monthly, unlimited access to Wikipedia, in so many countries, basically everywhere.
And car companies presumably have global agreements e.g. I can drive my car across Europe and have all the navigation related stuff continue to work.
But easier for Amazon or big car company to broker such an agreement. I think the question is how would Joe Public get something like this.
Re: Polish charity gets huge phone bill thanks to stork
#8Only tangentially related to the article, but where/how do researchers get global coverage SIM cards that you can just put on a stork and expect to get data/calling wherever it flies? I've looked for this before but only found what seemed like tourist scams with very high prices per MB/minute.
At least in the EU, AldiTalk offers 4G LTE with plans of up to 5.5 GB for 12.99€ / month[1]. I am not sure, though, what is the price per MB when a stork leaves the EU.
Re: Polish charity gets huge phone bill thanks to stork
#9This was not the stork’s fault.
Re: Polish charity gets huge phone bill thanks to stork
#10Earlier quoted context omitted.
Maybe worth looking into how Amazon Kindle solved it years ago? They offered free GSM/3G? access to the internet, something like 150MB/monthly, unlimited access to Wikipedia, in so many countries, basically everywhere.
And car companies presumably have global agreements e.g. I can drive my car across Europe and have all the navigation related stuff continue to work. But easier for Amazon or big car company to broker such an agreement. I think the question is how would Joe Public get something like this.
How many of those navigation systems use the internet though? Most consumer grade car navigation systems use offline maps.