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Rude awakening

rsc

I received this today:

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So now I have to choose to continue this project and pay Microsoft, or quit and work on something else.

Here's my "Free Trial" cost analysis:

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So....if I choose to continue to work on this project for another month, it will cost me approx $150 without changing any features.

I'm not sure its worth the price just to enter a contest.

Scott

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  • I have received something similar.  Let me lead with "Go slow.  It doesn't have to cost you anything."

    When I signed up for my "free" account, I used my hotmail.com account - because it's a Microsoft account.  Well... I got the "You're Number 1!" sign, but they used the wrong finger.  By then, Microsoft already had my credit card so when I tried my work email I got directed to a pay-as-you-go account.  Basically, every way I turned, I was told "You're Number 1!"

    So I relented and used a different credit card and went with a pay-as-you-go plan.

    When you set up your IoT Hub, you don't have to take the "pay" option.  You can change the settings to the free version.  This version limits the amount of data that you can poll, but it's still not a debilitating amount.

    What I can confirm is that for the month that I have had the account, I have been billed ZERO dollars.

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  • I have received something similar.  Let me lead with "Go slow.  It doesn't have to cost you anything."

    When I signed up for my "free" account, I used my hotmail.com account - because it's a Microsoft account.  Well... I got the "You're Number 1!" sign, but they used the wrong finger.  By then, Microsoft already had my credit card so when I tried my work email I got directed to a pay-as-you-go account.  Basically, every way I turned, I was told "You're Number 1!"

    So I relented and used a different credit card and went with a pay-as-you-go plan.

    When you set up your IoT Hub, you don't have to take the "pay" option.  You can change the settings to the free version.  This version limits the amount of data that you can poll, but it's still not a debilitating amount.

    What I can confirm is that for the month that I have had the account, I have been billed ZERO dollars.

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