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Data solution for holiday home intermittent use

  • 08-02-2019 3:17pm
    #1
    MicktheMan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,880 ✭✭✭


    Can't find an answer to this anywhere so any help is much appreciated.

    I'm looking for a data SIM to use in a wifi unit / dongle, for use in my remote holiday home to be able to switch on the heating remotely a day before we arrive, for example. I don't need it for normal internet use as we use our own phone data when we are there. Ideally I'd like to buy a few GB of credit, and have that credit always available to be used - i.e. it will not expire after 30 days. Is there such a data only product available on the market?


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  • #2
    ED E
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 36,170 ✭✭✭✭ED E


    Nothing with a long expiry.

    An SMS module seems like a far more appropriate solution here. People have been installing them in holiday homes for decades for that reason.


  • #3
    Johnboy1951
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,048 ✭✭✭✭Johnboy1951


    if a SIM with all credit used is left there is it possible to apply credit to it from your own phone thus enabling it?

    I have no knowledge of this, just a thought .... it might be worth a few quid even for a once-off use?


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