Google also often runs promotions to get people to switch. Just make sure the phone you're switching is compatible with Fi. You can thank me later (or thank me now by signing up to Fi with my referral link, it'll give us both a $20 credit). You're probably already paying more per month with your current carrier so this switch will likely save you money. Of course to be able to get a nearly free data only SIM card you will have to move at least one of your phones to Google Fi. This is a much better deal than the $60/year connection fee of Spybike, or the $300 yearly price of those "cheap" Amazon GPS trackers. Since all your GPS tracker phone will be doing is sending tiny amounts of location data it is likely that it will only use a few MB of data each month. I didn't even have to pay shipping! Once you plug this SIM into your old phone and start using it there is no monthly fee, you just pay 1 penny for every MB of data you use. If you already have a phone with service on Google Fi they will send you a data only SIM card that you can slide into another phone or tablet for free. Okay that sounds confusing, let me explain.
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So what is a frugal, green, non-electronics nerd who wants a long lasting GPS tracker for their bike to do? The answer is simple, just grab an old Android phone and a Google Fi data only SIM card. Even if you do this takes additional raw materials which is not so green.
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Unfortunately not everyone owns a soldering iron and far fewer people actually know how to solder. To save money you could go the hacker route and whip one up from raw parts for under $20. The GSM network might not be around for much longer, even now it is a pretty spotty network This network is being phased out cause everyone's already moved to 3G and 4G, and will soon be going to 5G. WARNING: These hacker instructions use the outdated GSM network (also called 2G). You could spend over $100 for something like a Spybike and then another $4.50/month forever, or worse yet $50 for a GPS tracker from amazon and then $25/month forever.
The problem with these options is that they have medium to high up front costs and their monthly fees will add even more over a few years of use.
There are numerous bike GPS trackers for sale and at first you might be tempted to buy one of those.
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