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The second picture is the US passenger side. It sounds like it's similar to your install, I tucked the cable under the passenger kick place and cable-tied it under the dash to ensure that it's invisible.
It took minutes to run the cable; looking at the rubber strip between the car body and interior you can see that it lifts easily on the body side to allow the wire to be pushed behind.
They were utterly crap in-store!
"I'd like a data only sim for a 'data-logger' please."
"We don't have any."
"Er… yes, you do."
"No, really, we don't have any data only sims, you'd have to talk to our business people and even then, I used to work for business and they'd probably won't be able to help you."
"Look, a friend of mine picked one up, suggested in-store was the only way."
"We'll, you're 'Friend' is wrong, I've been working here for blah, blah, blah."
So, I flipped open the iPhone, scanned for your post and hit her with:
"I'd like a Go-Phone sim with 200 texts and 10Mb of data…. please."
Stunned silence followed by:
"Is this some blog you're reading or a proper source of information, who is this guy? Where is he from? What connection does he have with AT&T?"
"Someone who has been through this, Texas and customer. Oh, and, would you mind activating it for me?… he says."
After another pause she ends with:
"As long as you appreciate that this is all on you, we can't garuntee this, it might not work and if it doesn't then you'll be left on your own, there's NO WAY that I can give you a refund… NONE, do you understand?"
"And how much would I be out if this doesn't work?"
…. "About $10… which I can't refund."
"I'll take that risk."
And off she goes in a huff.
"I'd like a data only sim for a 'data-logger' please."
"We don't have any."
"Er… yes, you do."
"No, really, we don't have any data only sims, you'd have to talk to our business people and even then, I used to work for business and they'd probably won't be able to help you."
"Look, a friend of mine picked one up, suggested in-store was the only way."
"We'll, you're 'Friend' is wrong, I've been working here for blah, blah, blah."
So, I flipped open the iPhone, scanned for your post and hit her with:
"I'd like a Go-Phone sim with 200 texts and 10Mb of data…. please."
Stunned silence followed by:
"Is this some blog you're reading or a proper source of information, who is this guy? Where is he from? What connection does he have with AT&T?"
"Someone who has been through this, Texas and customer. Oh, and, would you mind activating it for me?… he says."
After another pause she ends with:
"As long as you appreciate that this is all on you, we can't garuntee this, it might not work and if it doesn't then you'll be left on your own, there's NO WAY that I can give you a refund… NONE, do you understand?"
"And how much would I be out if this doesn't work?"
…. "About $10… which I can't refund."
"I'll take that risk."
And off she goes in a huff.
My wife had to turn away and bite her lip… And these guys probably call meetings and go on 'off-sites' to discuss how to improve sales.
I had a similar but more pleasant experience in the store. It took a long time and a lot of explaining what I wanted but they were nice at least. Why the Paygo phone can't bill you 'as you go' and not have to pre fill more money than you use a month is beyond me. The activating it in the store (unless you have a spare AT&T phone at home) is the way to go. Also, change your PIN before you leave the store so you can log into the Paygo website (they send a text to your new number when you click 'change PIN' on the website. I had to go back to the store to put the SIM back into a phone and get the message.
Let me verify but, I think that the OVMS auto-forwards any unrecognized SMS messages. I received a couple of customer service questionnaires yesterday via push notification.
It's probably better to not tell them what you want it for. That just sends them up a wall and confuses them. Just ask for a SIM card and the 10 cent/min PayGo plan with 200 text messages per month and 10 MB/month data each for $5. Have them stick it into a phone and activate it too to verify it works. Good luck.
Mitrovic
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See: M2M SIM card | Open Vehicle Systems
Across the border: Machine2Machine | datamobile
Swiss: NATEL® easy liberty uno
We do have a few Swiss users. In general, the European users don't seem to be having SIM issues. Lots of choice.
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