Attempting to get BG96 connected

Question

I have been trying to get a BG96 connected using only AT commands with no luck. I have good signal strength, but something is still wrong. I can run: at+cereg?;+cgreg?;+cops?;+qcsq;+qnwinfo and in return I get:

+CEREG: 0,2

+CGREG: 0,4

+COPS: 0

+QCSQ: "NOSERVICE"

+QNWINFO: No Service

OK

I am attempting to connect to Soracom.io (apn: soracom.io, username: sora password: sora)

After waiting some time, I do get:

AT+QCSQ

+QCSQ: "CAT-M1",-64,-89,219,-9

I AM able to get this card to connect with a different manufacturers dev board. but not my current dev board (skylink) though it is still a BG96 chip.

Any ideas as to why this will not connect??? Thanks!