SIM card for IoT?

Hello there,

Just wondering whether anyone can recommend a particular carrier/option/choice for a SIM card to use in IoT hardware?

UK networks only please!

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8 Comments

SteveTech@programming.dev · 7 pts · 1y

Idk about the UK, but in Australia if you're only sending a small amount of data, some carriers offer IoT plans starting at ~$1/month. So maybe some carriers do the same in the UK?

breakcore@discuss.tchncs.de · 5 pts · 1y (6 replies)

I think some more information would be nice.

Is the device supposed to send or receive?

Data or simple messaging?

What kind of traffic do you expect? Streaming video or a few status messages a day.

thomas@feddit.uk · 4 pts · 1y (5 replies)

Fair point — data only, probably around 200mb a month? Planning to run a simple web server, nothing too heavy.

KaninchenSpeed@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 1y (4 replies)

You can't expose ports on mobile data. You can ether host the web server at home or on a vps or use something like tailscale.

thomas@feddit.uk · 2 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Really? Even with a specific IoT data provider?

KaninchenSpeed@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 1y

It should work as long as it can reach the internet

danielphan2003@lemm.ee · 0 pts · 1y (1 reply)

What about Cloudflare? You can tunnel to them instead of Tailscale's limited public serve

KaninchenSpeed@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 1y

I'm not really a fan of cloudflare tunnels, but I guess thats an option too