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JamesSherbourne
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In Car Wifi

Post by JamesSherbourne » Tue Jul 04, 2017 6:06 pm

Has anyone got any experience of in car mobile wifi ? Looking at buying one to hopefully keep the kids tablets online whist on journeys in the summer.Does it work ? Is it worth bothering with ?
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Re: In Car Wifi

Post by FulledgeClaret » Tue Jul 04, 2017 6:08 pm

I use my phone's mobile hotspot so kids can use tablets etc works fine.
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Re: In Car Wifi

Post by Claretforever » Tue Jul 04, 2017 6:26 pm

Pretty sure it's just a 3G/4G SIM card which then allows devices to connect? Won't making your phone a hotspot have the same effect? Depends on your data plan I suppose.
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Re: In Car Wifi

Post by Sidney1st » Tue Jul 04, 2017 6:27 pm

Some car come with it free for a period when buying the car brand new and then its pay monthly after that.
I know Vauxhall do it, but unsure of the cost.
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Re: In Car Wifi

Post by Crewe claret » Tue Jul 04, 2017 7:17 pm

Got one that plugs into my electrical connector, got it through Ee £6 per month for 1gb, no problems works fine
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Re: In Car Wifi

Post by TheOriginalLongsider » Wed Jul 05, 2017 8:00 am

As mentioned above. You can usually share your 3G/4g signal over wifi by setting up a hotspot on your phone.
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Re: In Car Wifi

Post by Foshiznik » Wed Jul 05, 2017 1:46 pm

I have it built into my car, but i have to provide the sim card and data plan. I pay £8 a month for all you can eat data and works brilliantly. I use it mainly for the sat nav (it has auto update and google earth overlay) and the news and weather.

It works not different to tethering from your phone. if the data isn't directly effecting the car, just buy a in car charger and use your phone for a wifi hotspot.
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Re: In Car Wifi

Post by ExistentialWanderer » Wed Jul 05, 2017 1:53 pm

Is it just me who thinks this is so wrong?! I don't trust my phone with WiFi so definitely would't trust my car. All too George Orwell for me.
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Re: In Car Wifi

Post by starting_11 » Wed Jul 05, 2017 2:03 pm

Just park outside your house and bobs yer uncle... I'm doing that right now!
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Re: In Car Wifi

Post by Foshiznik » Wed Jul 05, 2017 3:04 pm

why not? My car is a much better aerial than my phone.
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