I have the Netgear 225 minute plan (highest available) and I use those minutes in just under a month for what I use it for.

My plan is to keep them plugged in so the battery stays full (won't hurt the battery with these), then if the power and internet are cut, they will still transmit to the cloud

I think for it to be useful, you really need to be on an unlimited plan, which will really up your budget, but you have to determine if its worth it

Even if we purchase the most expensive annually plan $329 for 225min/per month that only give us less than 4 hours of video recording in a single month!

In fact, you could exhaust your monthly plan in less than an hour through false positive alerts

The ARLO GO cameras solved the spread out networking issue we found and AT&T gave us a great unlimited data plan for all 3 cameras on one account

If hat is what you are looking for go to verizon/Att purchase camera there and add an unlimited DATA plan other wise you paying 400 for camera and 350 + for only 2 hours of video a year.

Another thing is it's not possible to use it without a monthly plan once your initial free plan expires, which is next to nothing by the way

It won't get the cops rolling, but it definitely scared the cr@p out of my wife (slept on the couch that night, let me tell