TIL standby mode. Is that enough to operate a remote webcam? Not real time video feed but say uploading a photo every 1 minute or so

olex 17 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Apparently you get unlimited data capped at 500 kbit/s. So that would be a clear "yes".

alexfoo 11 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Depending on a whole bunch of things but a 200KB photo once a minute might be in the realms of LoRa. You could get the data out for free.

The 500Kbps of Starlink would be close enough for a 500KB photo every 10 seconds or so assuming typical packet overheads.

	▲	dheera 5 hours ago \| parent [-]
		For security applications where most of the image doesn't change, 500 Kbps is fine for low resolution video streaming.

kkapelon 16 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

You can find something similar with IOT sims. And then you just need a standard 4g/5g dongle/router

	▲	gh02t 11 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Care to point me to it? The best I can find searching a bit with unlimited data is capped to 64 kbps for $100/yr, which is quite a bit worse.