On 02/11/16 13:36, David Boxall wrote:
...consequences, however, are a bit unusual.
<https://www.facebook.com/groups/BIRRR/permalink/579061192302572/>
... I use the internet to run pumps and an automated watering system to
provide water to livestock. ...
Iridium, ORBCOMM, Globalstar, Thuraya and Inmarsat offer low speed
satellite data services for such applications.
Assuming the pump sent a short status message once a day and had to be
manually overridden only occasionally, a satellite service would cost
about a dollar a day.
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