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Re: Twilio Super SIM

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Post by syedkarim »

blago wrote: post #77
fyfy18 wrote: post #55

At a first glance the pricing of $0.10 - $0.025 per megabyte in Europe seems somewhat expensive. The wholesale rate is €4.50 per gigabyte or $0.005c per megabyte. I assume the markup covers the cost of maintaining the account and the access to many networks worldwide. Can anyone who is already using GSM data in "IoT" devices comment on how much this compares to what you pay now?

This looks pretty expensive compared to prices in South East Asia too. You pay between $10 - $30 for a prepared SIM with 10-15 gigs which comes down to $0.001 - $0.003 per megabyte.

With the plans you mentioned, how much do you pay per month if you use only 1 MB?

Re: Twilio Super SIM

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Post by notatoad »

andrewkirk wrote: post #91
scurvy wrote: post #90

Until they actually ship and make it GA, I reserve the right to call this vapor ware like the rest of the Twilio announcements in the past year. When is VPN for programmable wireless going to ship? Never?

PM for Super SIM here. We're running this as a closed beta now, hard at work getting it to GA.

I just signed in to my twilio account and ordered a "sim starter pack" thinking it was this, but if this is still in closed beta, what did i order? how does super-sim differ from the programmable wireless product?

Re: Twilio Super SIM

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Post by zrail »

Slightly off topic. I’m trying to find a SIM for my LTE modem (AT&T/T-mobile bands) that I got as a backup for my Comcast service. I’m looking for pay as you go with no or minimal monthly fees, a reasonable 4g price, and a fallback to unlimited 3g.

Does anyone know of a data plan like that? I tried to use Twilio Wireless but they don’t have the fallback option.

Re: Twilio Super SIM

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Post by notatoad »

fermuch wrote: post #29

How is this different to Hologram[1] or EsEye[2]? Hologram seems to offer an api with as much access as twilio's (data usage report, switching between "networks" (what package you buy, which includes certain countries and pricing...) and monthly payment of a fleet of chips. I'm failing to see the added value of twilio, but the more competency the better! [1]: https://hologram.io/ [2]: https://www.eseye.com/

it looks like hologram's per-MB cost is 4x twilio's

Re: Twilio Super SIM

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Post by zemvpferreira »

ForHackernews wrote: post #75

This sounds very similar to the Truphone SIM: https://www.truphone.com/us/consumer/sim/

I wonder how a card-based solution will compete with e-sim. Seems like twilio’s advantage will be reduced to demand aggregation once e-sims are popular. Anyone have thoughts on differentiation in this space?

Re: Twilio Super SIM

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Post by subway »

zrail wrote: post #113

Slightly off topic. I’m trying to find a SIM for my LTE modem (AT&T/T-mobile bands) that I got as a backup for my Comcast service. I’m looking for pay as you go with no or minimal monthly fees, a reasonable 4g price, and a fallback to unlimited 3g. Does anyone know of a data plan like that? I tried to use Twilio Wireless but they don’t have the fallback option.

A Project Fi data only sim is probably your best bet.

Re: Twilio Super SIM

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Post by ttsda »

fyfy18 wrote: post #55

At a first glance the pricing of $0.10 - $0.025 per megabyte in Europe seems somewhat expensive. The wholesale rate is €4.50 per gigabyte or $0.005c per megabyte. I assume the markup covers the cost of maintaining the account and the access to many networks worldwide. Can anyone who is already using GSM data in "IoT" devices comment on how much this compares to what you pay now?

I don't think you can really compare the prices of this kind of low-data, many-sim offer with consumer stuff.

Recently I talked to a national (Portugal) operator who offers M2M SIM cards and their price for national only cards is 0,19€/MB, international one similar to this 0,27€/MB.

Twilio's price is pretty good compared to what they've got.

Re: Twilio Super SIM

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Post by sonar_un »

subway wrote: post #117
zrail wrote: post #113

Slightly off topic. I’m trying to find a SIM for my LTE modem (AT&T/T-mobile bands) that I got as a backup for my Comcast service. I’m looking for pay as you go with no or minimal monthly fees, a reasonable 4g price, and a fallback to unlimited 3g. Does anyone know of a data plan like that? I tried to use Twilio Wireless but they don’t have the fallback option.

A Project Fi data only sim is probably your best bet.

Seconded.

Re: Twilio Super SIM

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Post by umeshunni »

subway wrote: post #117
zrail wrote: post #113

Slightly off topic. I’m trying to find a SIM for my LTE modem (AT&T/T-mobile bands) that I got as a backup for my Comcast service. I’m looking for pay as you go with no or minimal monthly fees, a reasonable 4g price, and a fallback to unlimited 3g. Does anyone know of a data plan like that? I tried to use Twilio Wireless but they don’t have the fallback option.

A Project Fi data only sim is probably your best bet.

Unfortunately that also requires a regular Fi account to be active ($20/mo)
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