I've been looking at the pet tracker "Tagg" at
http://www.tagg.com, they seem to have good coverage according to the map of everywhere I'd be flying anyhow.
I asked if one could start/stop coverage as if in my case, I'd probably not be flying in the dead of winter so why pay for tracking coverage during the winter months. But come spring and summer turn it back on. Here is what they came back with:
"-------- Original Message --------
Subject: New reply: Can the coverage be purchased by the month?
From: Tagg - The Pet Tracker <
[email protected]>
To: Tagg - The Pet Tracker <
[email protected]>
CC:
Tagg - The Pet Tracker
Shane Peterson, an employee of Tagg - The Pet Tracker, replied to Can the coverage be purchased by the month?, a question about Tagg - The Pet Tracker
We do have customers
that use our trackers seasonally. To end service at the end of your season,
you'd want to call in to our toll-free
line at 1-855-PET-TAGG. We're here seven days a week from 10 AM to 7 PM
eastern time. We'd just need to verify
you as being authorized to make changes to the account, then we could
cancel the tracker. That would end your
monthly billing at that time.
When you wished to
resume service, you could just charge up the tracker, log in to your account
at pettracker.com, and activate the
tracker in a manner very similar to the way you did the first time you activated it. Many of the activation steps
would be skippable, as the information would already have been entered and saved.
The trackers do need
to be on the docking station during the activation attempt, and are not able to
be turned on/off, or activated from a
remote location, or by us through the Verizon network. "
I believe the monthly fee is: $7.95 a month after the free 3 months that comes with the unit. Now is it worth $100 for the device and 3 months of service ? I do like the ATT sim route with a less expensive device, but not sure if it would cover my area. This device looking the the map coverage at least in my area must be allowed to roam on other networks in order to blanket such a large area out in the sticks of where I'd be flying. Oh and the device is supposed to be water resistant and rugged being it's on a pet which is a good. Here is a link to the coverage map:
http://www.pettracker.com/support?showc ... =(referral)|utmcmd=referral|utmcct=/viewtopic.php&__utmv=-&__utmk=204957202