Hypothetical - IF Particle.IO adds Verizon as a carrier will it be supported on current EtherSim Hardware

[jgskarda]

@BrettMargo, @abatardi

I personally am hopefully that Particle understands the needs of rural us cases and per Zach himself:

BRN404 vs BRN404X - US Cellular and other available carriers

Hi @jgskarda - the distinction you are seeing is not between Boron 404X vs. 404 but rather between EtherSIM and our previous non-branded SIM. All Supply Secure products (with an X at the end) run on EtherSIM, and some previous versions did as well. Regardless we are actively working on expanding cellular coverage for EtherSIM and are evaluating adding both Verizon and U.S. Cellular support in the near future. Once we have a specific timeline in place we will share details here.

I'm crossing my fingers that Particle adds these carriers rather than having to go through Verizon certification independently as I could only imagine the cost and pain that would take.

It all depends on what Zach meant by "Evaluating" and "in the near future". I'm hoping that correlates to "planning" and "in 3 months from now". We can only wait and see.