This is cool yes but why limit to only 2 us carriers. There are alot of people outside of the us.
like UL/FCC certifications?!?
Are you still accepting orders? Or do you prefer we wait until certification is sorted out and the product finalized?
Very eager about this product.
Buy it when you want.
Exciting news!
Would be a good idea to cover the qr that has the important info in it.
I second this, altough I’m a total LTE/4G noob here: how can I check if Josh’s card is “supported” by my local carriers? Could anyone point me to a 4G ELI5 class somewhere? Eager to learn
Didn’t see this earlier, but this is defined by the module manufacturer, not me so I have no say in it.
I think I got it. Did not see this post. Here are the specs for the EG95 family. Ordering one soon, go Josh!
any eta?
I also would like to see this in the near future. This product would be an extraordinary help when taking my Framework on trips or anytime I’m not home and don’t want to use free WiFi. Definitely following this thread to see where it goes!
Looking forward to this. Will be handy.
Seeing as i ordered this 9 months ago I am only growing more eager to get it.
I hope @Josh_Cook can get us an update soon.
agreed… 9months
@Josh_Cook could we get an update of some form here? you have a significant number of paying customers who have been left in the dark for months. i’ve been waiting for this card almost as long as i was waiting for the fw 16.
from looking at your site, i2clabs.com.au, i see a bunch of other frame.work expansion cards. were they also sold to customers at the same time as the 4g card? i can’t find posts to that effect from you on the forums.
i have to admit i’m pretty disappointed overall. i want the card, and don’t want to cancel the order, but i’m basically just sitting on my hands waiting to even hear what the status is.
prototypes arrived in your hands on aug 3. we’ve had no actual updates since then. why?
edit: i sent josh an email and linked this thread. hopefully he will provide some update to customers shortly either here or via email.
If you check his post history, you’ll see this from another project thread
You’ll also see mention of the time being medical related.
When one does community projects in their spare time, it can take a good while sometimes. As there is only so much spare time in a day. And unexpected delays I think are standard with anything beyond the most simple. Think of it like kickstarter, you don’t join unless you are fully prepared to wait 3-4 times the initial ETA. And there’s still not a guarantee.
we’re at or past 4x the time, as per the post you’re replying to.
if a kickstarter went cold with no updates, this is regularly called a rugpull. this isn’t the defense you think it is.
you may note, again as per the post you’re replying to, that i’m asking specifically for an update. obviously you submit an email address when you purchase, and one original update did go out to all of us. since then, only since i emailed him directly in may.
i completely agree. When i ordered i was told 2-3 months. that was Feb 2024. Additionally i havent received a reply to any of my emails to Josh since May.
Like you said i dont want to cancel the order because i want the card. But everything about this is screaming scam at this point. Prove us wrong Josh.
Hey folks, your concerns about the passage of time are legitimate. But as Josh himself said in the post I (re)quoted above, it will be at least another 6 days before Josh catches up on this (and other) threads.
In my mind, a “scam” is a particular kind of criminal activity which is a country mile away from what’s happening here. We’re supporting a lone hardware developer to create bespoke stuff. I invested in the R&D for its own sake. If I end up with a handy bit of kit that will be icing on the cake.
Dino
edited to add: I unintentionally created a reply to @MJ1. Having realised my mistake, I hoped the editor would allow me to remove the “reply” property. If it has that capability it’s not obvious.