Jared Casper wrote:
On Thu, May 13, 2010 at 8:25 AM, kai-martin knaak <kmk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:Getting a GPS location when at an unknown position consumes a fair amount of computational power (to find the satellites). So this is a modified proposal for less energy consumption: Just check for an incoming SMS once a day. Only if the owner considers the bike as stolen, GPS may spring into action.How cheap a service contract can you get for the sim card? Unless you
Well, this is not my business (bike protection), but in Hungary I've a few prepaid account at v***fone, it is only 3000 HUF (~15USD)/year and 50MB/month + some free SMS included with no extra cost.
Of course I don't now about other countries. Anyway I'm happy to start a topic which seems really popular:-))) /sza2
can get a per-SMS plan or something, after a year or two you may be approaching a non-trivial percentage of the cost of replacement. While the tech solution is definitely cooler, covering the bike under a renter's or home owner's insurance policy may be cheaper and easier. Jared _______________________________________________ geda-user mailing list geda-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user
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