Piranha Mobile Sim Card

dg7feq · 26-12-2012, 12:23

what is actually the use of these very tiny mobile operators in the US that cover one or two corn fields? Is that more like a network for closed communication (like a petrol company or sth like that) or do they really seriously getting customers?

DRNewcomb · 01-01-2013, 20:45

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Originally Posted by dg7feq

what is actually the use of these very tiny mobile operators in the US that cover one or two corn fields? Is that more like a network for closed communication (like a petrol company or sth like that) or do they really seriously getting customers?

Built to be sold, a rich man's toy, built for roaming revenue in areas not covered by major companies. In the case of Telna, it appears to be primarily to claim "GSM carrier" status for their international roaming operation.

dg7feq · 03-01-2013, 16:31

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Originally Posted by DRNewcomb

Built to be sold, a rich man's toy, built for roaming revenue in areas not covered by major companies. In the case of Telna, it appears to be primarily to claim "GSM carrier" status for their international roaming operation.

i guessed so... We have a customer here in germany who has one (1) GSM tower in antarctica on a research station. So he is a registered carrier and gets good conditions on SMS and data services to sell his telematics products here in germany

Chris

squawk1200 · **Piranha Mobile Data pricing -** 07-01-2013, 20:57

Noticed a few folks posting here on how good the Pirhana data prices are. Maybe it's the engineer in me, but can anyone confirm that? I see on their web site that they show they charge by the Mb. In my world, that is mega-bit. Other carriers usually charge by the MB (Mega-byte).. If they are charging by Mb you would have to mutiply thier rate by 8 to convert it to MB... I know it's a trivial issue to question if a letter is capital or lower case, but when it means a factor of 8, that is a BIG price difference...

Anyone know the real story?

PSIM · 07-01-2013, 21:43

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Originally Posted by squawk1200

Noticed a few folks posting here on how good the Pirhana data prices are. Maybe it's the engineer in me, but can anyone confirm that? I see on their web site that they show they charge by the Mb. In my world, that is mega-bit. Other carriers usually charge by the MB (Mega-byte).. If they are charging by Mb you would have to mutiply thier rate by 8 to convert it to MB... I know it's a trivial issue to question if a letter is capital or lower case, but when it means a factor of 8, that is a BIG price difference...

Anyone know the real story?

You are quite right it is a typo it should read MB.

Thank you for pointing this out.

gkeeper · 07-01-2013, 22:00

Dear o dear seen some points on this forum but the last comment takes the buiscuit Mb over MB every body else seems to understand, prehaps you need a hobby.

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squawk1200 (Offline) Member Official Member Posts: 43 Join Date: 08 May 2009 Country:	Piranha Mobile Data pricing - 07-01-2013, 20:57 Noticed a few folks posting here on how good the Pirhana data prices are. Maybe it's the engineer in me, but can anyone confirm that? I see on their web site that they show they charge by the Mb. In my world, that is mega-bit. Other carriers usually charge by the MB (Mega-byte).. If they are charging by Mb you would have to mutiply thier rate by 8 to convert it to MB... I know it's a trivial issue to question if a letter is capital or lower case, but when it means a factor of 8, that is a BIG price difference... Anyone know the real story?

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gkeeper (Offline) Senior Member Prepaid Fan Posts: 112 Join Date: 27 Sep 2012 Country:	07-01-2013, 22:00 Dear o dear seen some points on this forum but the last comment takes the buiscuit Mb over MB every body else seems to understand, prehaps you need a hobby.