Data limit for your M2M SIMs

‍Data limit: No unexpected additional consumption thanks to the limit

The data limit gives our customers the option of limiting the data consumption of an M2M SIM card. This allows them to protect themselves against unexpectedly high costs if end devices unexpectedly consume more data than originally planned.

Simple setup via the online portal

Setting up a data limit is easy: each of our customers receives free access to our online portal. They can use it to manage all the M2M SIM cards they use and make individual settings.

One configuration option in the portal is the data limit. This allows you to specify how much data an M2M SIM card from wherever SIM may consume. The data limit can be set for several M2M SIM cards or just for individual M2M SIM cards. It therefore does not have to apply to all SIMs.

Early notification before the limit is reached

Before an end device has completely used up the specified data volume, a corresponding message is triggered in the portal. You still have the option of increasing the data limit or even removing it completely so that the SIM can continue to allow data transmission.

If the limit remains set, the end device will not transmit any more data via the M2M SIM once the limit has been reached. Whether or not it makes sense to set a data limit depends entirely on the planned use case.

Alternative to the data limit: the data pool

An alternative to setting up a data limit is our data pool. A total consumption for all active SIM cards is specified here. If an M2M SIM consumes more data than planned, the additional consumption can usually be balanced out via the total pool.

Advantages of the data limit at a glance

• Cost control: Protects against unexpectedly high costs due to excessive data consumption
• Flexibility: Individually adjustable for single or multiple SIM cards
• Transparency: Early notification before the limit is reached
• Customizability: limit can be increased or removed at any time
• Easy administration: convenient setup via the online portal

Use cases for data limits

Data limits are particularly useful for:

• Projects with a fixed budget for data communication
• Test phases in which data consumption is not yet precisely known
• Applications for which a temporary interruption in data transmission is acceptable
• IoT devices whose software could be prone to errors and which could send large amounts of data in the event of an error

For critical applications where continuous data transmission is absolutely essential (e.g. security or monitoring systems), we recommend combining with a data pool or selecting a sufficiently large data limit with automatic notifications.