Good article, but it misses one point – that many PAYGO systems, especially smaller ones, do not embed GSM for two reasons 1: its expensive, adds quite a bit to the cost of a device over the approx two-year period. and 2: Many people who lack access to electricity also lack access to GSM at home – they might have to walk into town to be closer to a tower for example.
Disclaimer: I was founder of Lumeter, which was one of the leading PAYGO technologies incorporate into a number of company’s products. We sold Lumeter to Mobisol in 2017.
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Good article, but it misses one point – that many PAYGO systems, especially smaller ones, do not embed GSM for two reasons 1: its expensive, adds quite a bit to the cost of a device over the approx two-year period. and 2: Many people who lack access to electricity also lack access to GSM at home – they might have to walk into town to be closer to a tower for example.
Disclaimer: I was founder of Lumeter, which was one of the leading PAYGO technologies incorporate into a number of company’s products. We sold Lumeter to Mobisol in 2017.
– Mitra