Ray Ozzie's latest venture is a cheap IoT board with flat rate connectivity

Re:Ray Ozzie's latest venture is a cheap IoT board with flat... by jxf on Tuesday August 03, 2021 @02:27PM (#28052448)

This doesn't look misleading to me. 5,000 events per month is very reasonable for a hobbyist project and the Prototype free tier is pretty generous as things go.

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Re:Ray Ozzie's latest venture is a cheap IoT board with flat... by topspin on Tuesday August 03, 2021 @05:38PM (#28054549)

One message every 8.something minutes. Very useful for an 'asset' tracker.

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Re:Ray Ozzie's latest venture is a cheap IoT board with flat... by 1024core on Tuesday August 03, 2021 @07:01PM (#28055321)

You could reduce the frequency by using an accelerometer to skip updates if there's no motion, and increase frequency if there is, thereby staying below the 5K limit.

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Re:Ray Ozzie's latest venture is a cheap IoT board with flat... by omgwtfbyobbq on Tuesday August 03, 2021 @07:39PM (#28055608)

Geofencing could help too.

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Re:Ray Ozzie's latest venture is a cheap IoT board with flat... by SavantIdiot on Tuesday August 03, 2021 @07:54PM (#28055713)

I like the free tier, it satisfies lots of gadgets' requirements:

Door lock.

Window shade.

Light switch.

Washing machine.

BBQ.

Pet feeder.

Sprinklers.

...or as we saw a few days ago: desk raiser/lowerer.

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