Hologram.io might be a bit more popular than My Devices. We know about 2 links to it since March 2021 and only 2 links to My Devices. We are tracking product recommendations and mentions on various public social media platforms and blogs. They can help you identify which product is more popular and what people think of it.
I've used outdoor soil sensors from mydevices.com. Once I told them to stop trying to upsell me on the Lora gateways and use Helium, its worked flawlessly. Its been like 6 months and the battery still registers 100%. Reports every 15 minutes and the data credits find their way to 3-4 different hotspots in the area. Source: over 2 years ago
Another site that shows data transfer activity: https://mappers.helium.com/ Here's some examples of potential uses: https://www.lonestartracking.com/ (track anything anywhere) my brother wishes he had one of these when his maintenance truck stolen. https://mydevices.com/ (plug and play IOT sensors) I'm talking to one of my customers who is a landscape architect, he wants to monitor his larger landscape projects... Source: almost 3 years ago
OVMS is a not cheap module. It comes with a hologram.io SIM card, but you can use any data-only LTE plan. Cost for the module is over $250, and then you'll have to pay somewhere south of $5/mo for a data plan if you go with hologram.io. Source: about 1 year ago
An LTE plan from hologram.io is a few bucks a month... And I'd gladly pay it and not give my money to OnStar's broken stuff :-). Source: over 1 year ago
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