Can anyone in the UK recommend an IoT SIM card provider whose SIM will work with the Clipper LTE HAT that is available for hobbyists? Every site I’ve been to is geared around business use only. I’ve spent the last few days trying to get a few ‘normal’ SIM cards to work with absolutely no luck. Has …

Ended up buying a SMARTY data only SIM card. Can confirm this works.

I just use a giffgaff PAYG SIM. £10 top-up gets you far on this system. You should just be able to run: MOBILE_APN = “ giffgaff.com ” con = lte.LTE(MOBILE_APN, skip_reset=False) #replace ‘MOBILE_APN’ with whatever SP you use con.start_ppp(connect=True) Then the terminal should output a load of da…

Well, it’s working like a dream for me. It’s a data only plan. Currently on a 15gb plan for £9pm (inc VAT). Got the card. Registered it with SMARTY using their iPhone app. Plugged it in and was up and running in a few minutes. The app allows you to monitor data usage which is pretty useful.

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pauledwdz September 27, 2025, 8:07pm 4

Is this the answer to my question here: Clipper LTE 4G Breakout - #40 by burrowj

Does it have to be a data only SIM?

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