HotGarbage

- https://www.eevblog.com/forum/repair/trick-the-hotspotphone-...

- https://jibout.com/verizon-7730l-mifi-hotspot-battery-bypass...

- https://old.reddit.com/r/Calyx/comments/lorkrv/running_mifi_...

I feel like there's some liability on Netgear's part here: People can't be expected to know they can't leave it connected and a charging circuit should not constantly feed the battery.

It's a shame there aren't more affordable connectivity options for projects like this. Hotspots with batteries tend to be a lot cheaper than battery-less routers and USB dongles. The latter of which isn't even available for 5G.

Things are weird though. Kind-of a peek at what an unmoderated, non-algorithmic feed would look like.

POST to an iframe to keep the page from reloading on send.

https://peter.hotgarba.ge

Truly a la carte data is expensive. Best I've come across are monthly cost SIMs that allow you to upgrade/downgrade your plan as needed. US Mobile seems to be the best for this as you can drop to a $2.50 plan with no data if you just want to keep the SIM active, though they're T-Mobile or Verizon only.

For AT&T you could try PureTalk: they sell trial SIMs to play around with: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07NFCKQ17/

Visible, which recently changed their offerings, still seems to be a better deal: $45 for "unlimited" (50GB then "may be temporarily" throttled) 5G UWB.

With 3 lines, Total is cheaper per-line, but still has a 20GB cap on hotspot usage.

Have you thought about trying to use a GSM or LTE modem and a SIM with unlimited SMS instead of Twilio?