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hauntertoday at 9:12 AM3 repliesview on HN

TIL standby mode. Is that enough to operate a remote webcam? Not real time video feed but say uploading a photo every 1 minute or so


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alexfootoday at 3:35 PM

Depending on a whole bunch of things but a 200KB photo once a minute might be in the realms of LoRa. You could get the data out for free.

The 500Kbps of Starlink would be close enough for a 500KB photo every 10 seconds or so assuming typical packet overheads.

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olextoday at 9:18 AM

Apparently you get unlimited data capped at 500 kbit/s. So that would be a clear "yes".

kkapelontoday at 10:30 AM

You can find something similar with IOT sims. And then you just need a standard 4g/5g dongle/router