<div dir="auto">Looks like it's through Loblaws (ew) but the actual network is Bell, so that's good for redundancy. So if Rogers has (another) outage, I could fail over to this connection.<div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Any recommendations for a cellular modem?</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Apr 23, 2024, 10:08 p.m. Mark Steffen <<a href="mailto:mark@steffen.ca">mark@steffen.ca</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">noname for $29/month is 25GB or so, probably the lowest.<br>
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On 2024-04-23 10:03 p.m., Jason wrote:<br>
> Hey all,<br>
><br>
> So I'd like to get a backup internet connection for my house that is <br>
> wireless, and I could use some recommendations. My wife and I mainly <br>
> work from home, so having a backup on a different provider just in <br>
> case, would be really handy in case there is an outage. In a pinch we <br>
> can always use our phones as hotspots to keep working, but that would <br>
> only work with our laptops and not the rest of the house.<br>
><br>
> Also, I'd like to drop my landline and physical alarm system that I'm <br>
> paying monthly for, and just set something up with Home Assistant that <br>
> can message me if there's a problem. I already have battery backup for <br>
> my servers, but if the internet hard line gets cut (for example), or <br>
> the power goes down, I want to make sure it can at least alert me that <br>
> there's a problem. That's the other reason I'd like to get a wireless <br>
> backup.<br>
><br>
> I know I can hook in a WAN failover on my pfSense firewall. I'd just <br>
> need some kind of wireless modem and a SIM on a non-Rogers carrier, <br>
> that can hook into my setup via Ethernet.<br>
><br>
> Any recommendations for wireless modems, or carrier plans? I'd prefer <br>
> not to get something that is locked to a specific carrier, and would <br>
> like to get a data-only plan that has a reasonable amount of data <br>
> (like 10GB/month) but not crazy if I go over that. Again, this is for <br>
> backup only.<br>
><br>
> Would appreciate any suggestions!<br>
><br>
> Thanks,<br>
> Jason<br>
><br>
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