Mark Anderton
New Around Here
I have a customer who bought a house in the middle of nowhere in rural Virginia. It was quickly obvious that there was little to no cell service on the property which is not a surprise since the place is about 15 miles off the main highway served by cell towers. Because you could occasionally get one ort two bars, I decided to try a whole house cell amplifier. I bought an Amazboost unit on Amazon that touted 5000 sq. ft. coverage. I installed it and, lo and behold 3-4 bars inside and outside the house. I tried streaming video to my phone and video phone calls etc. and all worked without dropouts or buffering. Initial problem solved. Then I needed to make internet available to whatever device might need it, so I started looking for hotspots with router capability and suddenly realized I had some time ago purchased a Teltonika RUT950 cell phone WIFI hotspot/router that I had a failback function which I planned to use for my business but never got around to installing. I set it up as a hotspot and it hooked up to the cell signal from the booster and like magic I had wifi throughout the house. Initial cost for all of this was around $600, but if I could get a hardwired service provider, which I can't and probably never will, that would cost about $100/ month or more. No recurring cost with this rig assuming the customer has a cell plan with unlimited data.
First question: This hotspot will be left on all the time and the house is unoccupied most of the time. How much data does it consume when it is idle?
Second question: The reason it will stay on is that I want to install IP cameras that I will port forward so the customer can view the property when it's closed up. Does an IP camera only consume data when a user attaches and is actively viewing or is it sending data all the time? I assume not, but I can't find any good answer in my searches.
Thanks,
Mark
First question: This hotspot will be left on all the time and the house is unoccupied most of the time. How much data does it consume when it is idle?
Second question: The reason it will stay on is that I want to install IP cameras that I will port forward so the customer can view the property when it's closed up. Does an IP camera only consume data when a user attaches and is actively viewing or is it sending data all the time? I assume not, but I can't find any good answer in my searches.
Thanks,
Mark