Sim card with an Avtex router

[HaylingIslander]

Hi. We are about to have an Avtex AMR 104X 4G fitted in our Knaus. Up until now I have used a Huawei mobile Wi-Fi router with an ordinary sim card in it. Will the current sim work or do I need to get a data only sim? Many thanks.

 

[Ray-Vic]

Any SIM should work so long as it has data enabled. The benefits of a data only SIM is normally lower cost and the fact that if it's pinched someone can't rack up thousands of pounds in bills.

 

[Jabstatt]

Any SIM should work so long as it has data enabled. The benefits of a data only SIM is normally lower cost and the fact that if it's pinched someone can't rack up thousands of pounds in bills.

Can you help me understand this?

Why can’t a stolen SIM card be used if it’s data only?

My perception is that data over the allowance can be very expensive and to be avoided!

Tony

 

[Ray-Vic]

Can you help me understand this?

Why can’t a stolen SIM card be used if it’s data only?

My perception is that data over the allowance can be very expensive and to be avoided!

Tony

It can be used, but running up thousands of pounds in data would take weeks, calls to premium numbers takes minutes!

 

[Ray-Vic]

And that wasn't literally weeks and minutes! My point is data is at a set price and would take ages to run up a big bill unless you disappear abroad with it. Many data only SIM cards are unlimited data or simply choke after your limit is hit. Calls to premium numbers are never included, even in unlimited call tariffs, so it could take literally hours to run up enormous bills.

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[Jabstatt]

I'm afraid we have to disagree. My dearest (!) son ran up a data bill of over a grand in UK whilst he forgot he was tethered to his phone whilst working on a set of documents whilst using O2!

If you are concerned, the answer is a set monthly max or an agreed overspend, available on all the major carriers.

Tony

 

[Ray-Vic]

I'm afraid we have to disagree. My dearest (!) son ran up a data bill of over a grand in UK whilst he forgot he was tethered to his phone whilst working on a set of documents whilst using O2!

If you are concerned, the answer is a set monthly max or an agreed overspend, available on all the major carriers.

Tony

I don't care if you disagree or not. That's my opinion and experience and if you have different ones then try answering the OP with your solution rather than simply disagreeing with me.

 

[zac]

I'm afraid we have to disagree. My dearest (!) son ran up a data bill of over a grand in UK whilst he forgot he was tethered to his phone whilst working on a set of documents whilst using O2!

If you are concerned, the answer is a set monthly max or an agreed overspend, available on all the major carriers.

Tony

Tethering to a phone means that although you are only accessing data unless there is a restriction on the phone contract, you can run up whatever you like in terms of cost. I've not seen a data sim contract allow you to go over the allocated monthly usage, as in most cases they are restricted to what you agreed at purchase. Either way you can use any sim in a router but it's important to ensure that within your account you either check there are restrictions and if not set some so you cannot use anymore than your monthly allowance allows.

 

[MD99]

Hi. We are about to have an Avtex AMR 104X 4G fitted in our Knaus. Up until now I have used a Huawei mobile Wi-Fi router with an ordinary sim card in it. Will the current sim work or do I need to get a data only sim? Many thanks.

I have had one of these AMR units fitted recently. It came with a sim but I have not activated this as the short term offer was not a good deal. Your existing sim will work but needs to be a full size sim card, you can get sim carriers from Amazon if you need to, or snap open the surrounding carrier with the sim Avtex supply and use that if you are not using it for data. There are 2 full size sim slots, take note they go in different orientations, the slots have markings indicating this. I got a data only iD Mobile sim (it is actually the Three Network) as it has monthly rollover of unused data and some EU allowance ( 30Gb EU, 50Gb UK for £8 a month ( £4 for first 3 months) on a 12 month contract. Offer via MSE website and will get a £35 Amazon voucher ( possibly, in 120 days from activation). The second sim slot I will use for a local sim when in EU. The AMR will also pick up wi fi on location and rebroadcast this data channel on its own network. If you go to the router management web page 192.168.1.1 and log in with the supplied credentials ( not the wi fi credentials) you can manage the choice of sim 1 ( WLAN1) , sim2 (WLAN2) or wifi (WLAN) as well as usual router settings. I recommend using a laptop or a large screen tablet as you need to see the very bottom of the screen to see the 'submit' tab, then the very top right to 'save and apply' any setting changes. This took me a while to figure out.