{"id":227,"date":"2010-08-03T11:23:14","date_gmt":"2010-08-03T19:23:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveviewgps.com\/blog\/?p=227"},"modified":"2011-04-21T19:47:08","modified_gmt":"2011-04-22T03:47:08","slug":"choose-your-gps-service-provider-carefully","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.liveviewgps.com\/blog\/choose-your-gps-service-provider-carefully\/","title":{"rendered":"Choose Your GPS Service Provider Carefully&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hardware cost alone should never be your primary decision when purchasing a gps tracking system.<\/p>\n<p>We have been selling GPS tracking equipment since 2005.\u00a0 Sometimes we get phone calls from customers, whose primary concern is the cost of hardware.\u00a0 There are hundreds if not thousands of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.liveviewgps.com\">GPS tracking<\/a> companies here in the United States, many of which are no longer in business.\u00a0 The below video is based on real events, a phone call\u00a0 that we received on on 8\/3\/2010&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"480\" height=\"390\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"flashvars\" value=\"height=390&amp;width=480&amp;file=http:\/\/newvideos.xtranormal.com\/web_final_lo\/2a53bf86-9f20-11df-98e0-003048d6740d_15_web_final_lo_web_finallo-flv.flv&amp;image=http:\/\/newvideos.xtranormal.com\/web_final_lo\/2a53bf86-9f20-11df-98e0-003048d6740d_15_web_final_lo_poster.jpg&amp;link=http:\/\/www.xtranormal.com\/watch\/6864819&amp;searchbar=false&amp;autostart=false\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.xtranormal.com\/site_media\/players\/jwplayer.swf\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n<p>And that was how it went down&#8230;Needless to say, the customer did not make a purchase.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hardware cost alone should never be your primary decision when purchasing a gps tracking system. We have been selling GPS tracking equipment since 2005.\u00a0 Sometimes we get phone calls from customers, whose primary concern is the cost of hardware.\u00a0 There are hundreds if not thousands of GPS tracking companies here in the United States, many [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rank_math_focus_keyword":"","rank_math_description":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[149],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-227","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gps-tracking"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Choose Your GPS Service Provider Carefully...<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Read the LiveViewGPS blog for tips, news, and insights on GPS tracking solutions for fleets, assets, and personal safety.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.liveviewgps.com\/blog\/choose-your-gps-service-provider-carefully\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Choose Your GPS Service Provider Carefully...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Read the LiveViewGPS blog for tips, news, and insights on GPS tracking solutions for fleets, assets, and personal safety.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@http:\/\/latracker\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@LaTracker\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"George Karonis\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.liveviewgps.com\\\/blog\\\/choose-your-gps-service-provider-carefully\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.liveviewgps.com\\\/blog\\\/choose-your-gps-service-provider-carefully\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"George Karonis\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.liveviewgps.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/abd049c347b27b435c29427839569f13\"},\"headline\":\"Choose Your GPS Service Provider Carefully&#8230;\",\"datePublished\":\"2010-08-03T19:23:14+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2011-04-22T03:47:08+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.liveviewgps.com\\\/blog\\\/choose-your-gps-service-provider-carefully\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":100,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.liveviewgps.com\\\/blog\\\/#organization\"},\"articleSection\":[\"GPS Tracking\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.liveviewgps.com\\\/blog\\\/choose-your-gps-service-provider-carefully\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.liveviewgps.com\\\/blog\\\/choose-your-gps-service-provider-carefully\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.liveviewgps.com\\\/blog\\\/choose-your-gps-service-provider-carefully\\\/\",\"name\":\"Choose Your GPS Service Provider Carefully...\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.liveviewgps.com\\\/blog\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2010-08-03T19:23:14+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2011-04-22T03:47:08+00:00\",\"description\":\"Read the LiveViewGPS blog for tips, news, and insights on GPS tracking solutions for fleets, assets, and personal safety.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.liveviewgps.com\\\/blog\\\/choose-your-gps-service-provider-carefully\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.liveviewgps.com\\\/blog\\\/choose-your-gps-service-provider-carefully\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.liveviewgps.com\\\/blog\\\/choose-your-gps-service-provider-carefully\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"LiveViewGPS Blog\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.liveviewgps.com\\\/blog\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Choose Your GPS Service Provider Carefully&#8230;\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.liveviewgps.com\\\/blog\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.liveviewgps.com\\\/blog\\\/\",\"name\":\"Live View GPS Tracking Blog\",\"description\":\"GPS Tracking For The World\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.liveviewgps.com\\\/blog\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.liveviewgps.com\\\/blog\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.liveviewgps.com\\\/blog\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"LiveViewGPS\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.liveviewgps.com\\\/blog\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.liveviewgps.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/www.liveviewgps.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/logo_comp-LiveViewGPS.jpg?fit=1737%2C572&ssl=1\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/www.liveviewgps.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/logo_comp-LiveViewGPS.jpg?fit=1737%2C572&ssl=1\",\"width\":1737,\"height\":572,\"caption\":\"LiveViewGPS\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.liveviewgps.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/LiveViewGPS\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/LaTracker\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.linkedin.com\\\/company\\\/liveviewgps\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/user\\\/liveviewgps1\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.liveviewgps.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/abd049c347b27b435c29427839569f13\",\"name\":\"George Karonis\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/836998d94df74c523489a5812f81f796c0a989e906c6c30724013de6150906ef?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/836998d94df74c523489a5812f81f796c0a989e906c6c30724013de6150906ef?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/836998d94df74c523489a5812f81f796c0a989e906c6c30724013de6150906ef?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"George Karonis\"},\"description\":\"George Karonis is the founder and Chief Executive Officer of LiveViewGPS Inc., a company he established in 2008 with the vision of making real-time GPS tracking more reliable, affordable, and accessible for businesses of all sizes. Over the past two decades, he has built a reputation as an innovator in GPS tracking, fleet management, asset monitoring, and Push-to-Talk over Cellular (PTToC) communications. Under George's leadership, LiveViewGPS has grown into a nationally recognized provider of GPS tracking solutions, serving businesses, government agencies, educational institutions, law enforcement organizations, and public works departments throughout the United States. The company's technology helps organizations improve operational efficiency, protect valuable assets, increase driver safety, and reduce operating costs through real-time location intelligence. Before founding LiveViewGPS, George developed a background in security, surveillance, and emerging location technologies. His passion for innovation and practical problem solving has driven the development of products that combine dependable hardware with easy-to-use cloud software, giving customers actionable information when it matters most. In 2018, George expanded into nationwide Push-to-Talk over Cellular communications by launching PeakPTT, providing businesses with rugged, instant communication solutions that operate over LTE and Wi-Fi networks. His focus has remained the same throughout his career: delivering dependable technology backed by exceptional customer service and long-term customer relationships. George regularly writes about GPS tracking, fleet management, asset protection, business technology, and communication systems. Through this blog, he shares industry insights, practical advice, and emerging trends to help organizations make informed decisions about tracking technology and connected operations.\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.liveviewgps.com\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/liveviewgps\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.linkedin.com\\\/in\\\/liveviewgps\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/http:\\\/\\\/latracker\",\"http:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/liveviewgps1\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.liveviewgps.com\\\/blog\\\/author\\\/george\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Choose Your GPS Service Provider Carefully...","description":"Read the LiveViewGPS blog for tips, news, and insights on GPS tracking solutions for fleets, assets, and personal safety.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.liveviewgps.com\/blog\/choose-your-gps-service-provider-carefully\/","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_title":"Choose Your GPS Service Provider Carefully...","twitter_description":"Read the LiveViewGPS blog for tips, news, and insights on GPS tracking solutions for fleets, assets, and personal safety.","twitter_creator":"@http:\/\/latracker","twitter_site":"@LaTracker","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"George Karonis"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.liveviewgps.com\/blog\/choose-your-gps-service-provider-carefully\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.liveviewgps.com\/blog\/choose-your-gps-service-provider-carefully\/"},"author":{"name":"George Karonis","@id":"https:\/\/www.liveviewgps.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/abd049c347b27b435c29427839569f13"},"headline":"Choose Your GPS Service Provider Carefully&#8230;","datePublished":"2010-08-03T19:23:14+00:00","dateModified":"2011-04-22T03:47:08+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.liveviewgps.com\/blog\/choose-your-gps-service-provider-carefully\/"},"wordCount":100,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.liveviewgps.com\/blog\/#organization"},"articleSection":["GPS Tracking"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.liveviewgps.com\/blog\/choose-your-gps-service-provider-carefully\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.liveviewgps.com\/blog\/choose-your-gps-service-provider-carefully\/","url":"https:\/\/www.liveviewgps.com\/blog\/choose-your-gps-service-provider-carefully\/","name":"Choose Your GPS Service Provider Carefully...","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.liveviewgps.com\/blog\/#website"},"datePublished":"2010-08-03T19:23:14+00:00","dateModified":"2011-04-22T03:47:08+00:00","description":"Read the LiveViewGPS blog for tips, news, and insights on GPS tracking solutions for fleets, assets, and personal safety.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.liveviewgps.com\/blog\/choose-your-gps-service-provider-carefully\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.liveviewgps.com\/blog\/choose-your-gps-service-provider-carefully\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.liveviewgps.com\/blog\/choose-your-gps-service-provider-carefully\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"LiveViewGPS Blog","item":"https:\/\/www.liveviewgps.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Choose Your GPS Service Provider Carefully&#8230;"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.liveviewgps.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.liveviewgps.com\/blog\/","name":"Live View GPS Tracking Blog","description":"GPS Tracking For The World","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.liveviewgps.com\/blog\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.liveviewgps.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.liveviewgps.com\/blog\/#organization","name":"LiveViewGPS","url":"https:\/\/www.liveviewgps.com\/blog\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.liveviewgps.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.liveviewgps.com\/blog\/wp-content\/logo_comp-LiveViewGPS.jpg?fit=1737%2C572&ssl=1","contentUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.liveviewgps.com\/blog\/wp-content\/logo_comp-LiveViewGPS.jpg?fit=1737%2C572&ssl=1","width":1737,"height":572,"caption":"LiveViewGPS"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.liveviewgps.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/LiveViewGPS","https:\/\/x.com\/LaTracker","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/liveviewgps","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/liveviewgps1"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.liveviewgps.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/abd049c347b27b435c29427839569f13","name":"George Karonis","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/836998d94df74c523489a5812f81f796c0a989e906c6c30724013de6150906ef?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/836998d94df74c523489a5812f81f796c0a989e906c6c30724013de6150906ef?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/836998d94df74c523489a5812f81f796c0a989e906c6c30724013de6150906ef?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"George Karonis"},"description":"George Karonis is the founder and Chief Executive Officer of LiveViewGPS Inc., a company he established in 2008 with the vision of making real-time GPS tracking more reliable, affordable, and accessible for businesses of all sizes. Over the past two decades, he has built a reputation as an innovator in GPS tracking, fleet management, asset monitoring, and Push-to-Talk over Cellular (PTToC) communications. Under George's leadership, LiveViewGPS has grown into a nationally recognized provider of GPS tracking solutions, serving businesses, government agencies, educational institutions, law enforcement organizations, and public works departments throughout the United States. The company's technology helps organizations improve operational efficiency, protect valuable assets, increase driver safety, and reduce operating costs through real-time location intelligence. Before founding LiveViewGPS, George developed a background in security, surveillance, and emerging location technologies. His passion for innovation and practical problem solving has driven the development of products that combine dependable hardware with easy-to-use cloud software, giving customers actionable information when it matters most. In 2018, George expanded into nationwide Push-to-Talk over Cellular communications by launching PeakPTT, providing businesses with rugged, instant communication solutions that operate over LTE and Wi-Fi networks. His focus has remained the same throughout his career: delivering dependable technology backed by exceptional customer service and long-term customer relationships. George regularly writes about GPS tracking, fleet management, asset protection, business technology, and communication systems. Through this blog, he shares industry insights, practical advice, and emerging trends to help organizations make informed decisions about tracking technology and connected operations.","sameAs":["https:\/\/www.liveviewgps.com","https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/liveviewgps","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/liveviewgps","https:\/\/x.com\/http:\/\/latracker","http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/liveviewgps1"],"url":"https:\/\/www.liveviewgps.com\/blog\/author\/george\/"}]}},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcnFZ-3F","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.liveviewgps.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.liveviewgps.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.liveviewgps.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.liveviewgps.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.liveviewgps.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=227"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.liveviewgps.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":585,"href":"https:\/\/www.liveviewgps.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227\/revisions\/585"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.liveviewgps.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=227"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.liveviewgps.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=227"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.liveviewgps.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=227"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}