Understanding Data Charges

Everytime Peek-A-Phone sends it location, your network provider charges you for sending the data. While Peek-A-Phone sends little data, most providers have a minimum charge - example: minimum charge of 1k per session. Peek-A-Phone's configuration setting allows you to control your data bill.

If  your Provider charges a minimum of 1k per session, your maximum monthly data usage for Peek-A-Phone per device could be:

 Server Update Interval

 Maximum Monthly Data Charge
5 seconds

530 Megs

15 seconds 175 Megs
30 seconds 88 Megs
60 seconds 43 Megs
2 minutes 21 Megs
5 minutes 8 Megs
10 minutes 4.4 Megs
20 minutes 2.2 Megs
30 minutes 1.5 Megs
60 minutes .7 Megs

- This is only a guide. Peek-A-Phone and IDS are not responsible for your data charges.
- Please contact your provider directly for information on their minimum charge per session.
- Maximum Monthly Data Charge is based on running Peek-A-Phone 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

Controlling Your Data Charges

How does Peek-A-Phone help you track with the accuracy that you need? Simple. Set your GPS Update Interval to a frequency of 5, 15, 30 or 60 seconds and your Server Update Interval to every 2, 5 minutes or higher.

When your devices updates its GPS location, Peek-A-Phone will attach a time to that location and then store this in a file on your device. Then Peek-A-Phone will send this file, with all your locations and times, according to your Server Update Interval. This gives you the refinement of an accurate tracking system, without you incurring a large bill.