Best data plan and device pricing for going all electronic with small fleet

mine's a single line plan, not business...unlimited talk, text and 5GB of data, on an Android phone thru US Cellular...roughly $110/month.

 

Might check with RickG. His company uses blackberries I think.

 

First you need to decide what you want to monitor:
1. do you just communicate with drivers via voice or text (cell phone)
2. do you want to commuicate with truck only (gps location)
3. do you want full communicatiion with driver and truck (gps location and driver messaging)
4. do you plan to monitor drivers routes and idle time on truck
5. do you plan on Elogs
6. do you want electronic IFTA miles (driver would not have to keep track of miles in each state)
7. what other needs (or wants) do you have

Hope this helps

Duke

 

sprint offers unlimited EVERYTHING for $80.

 

Make sure you talk to the carriers buisness side. As a buisness you will qualify for discounts. And not only your company phones/devices but also your employee's personal devices. For instance with sprint I get a 13 percent discount on my personal phone becouse of the company discount. And I am sure the company phones get the same if not more.

 

Sprint offers everything, but decent coverage. lol

I pay $50 for 5 gigs of data on my 4g Xoom tablet. If you were to place them with drivers, you would need some administrative blocking, otherwise a 2 hour Netflix movie in HD will eat up 2-3 gigs.

What are you looking at for EOBR on the Samsung, Xata Turnpike? Have you looked into the MCP50 by Qualcomm?