SIMs for payment terminals.
A terminal that can’t connect can’t take money. Put a ThingSIM in it and it stops depending on the venue’s broadband, the café’s router or the car park’s nonexistent Wi-Fi.
What the kit needs
A connection that isn’t the venue’s
The terminal carries its own multi-network connection, so a dropped router or a changed Wi-Fi password doesn’t stop the queue.
Kept off the internet
With a Private APN your terminals sit on a private network that nothing on the public internet can reach, and talk only to your payment gateway.
Small data, many devices
Card transactions use very little data, so the smallest plan usually does. Billing only starts when each terminal is deployed.
How it connects
Recommended setup
50 MB, UK 4-network, with a Private APN.
Check the traffic your terminal model sends before you order in bulk; moving a SIM up a size is instant.
