4G/LTE speeds in NZ - painfully slow

[RobDickinson]

afik only apple in usa are using esims so far?

 

[Matt_NZ]

Yeah, the Model 3 has an esim, but also a physical SIM slot. Looks like Tesla has been using eSim in the cars since 2018, so ours should all be ready to go for an OTA change over.

 

[m3lol]

Yeah, the Model 3 has an esim, but also a physical SIM slot. Looks like Tesla has been using eSim in the cars since 2018, so ours should all be ready to go for an OTA change over.

That’s good to know. Hopefully we get a good outcome soon

 

[MMinehan]

That’s good to know. Hopefully we get a good outcome soon

In the meantime, I would refuse to pay for the premium connection, even demand a partial refund for the poor connections they have had so far.

I think they might make things happen quicker if they get several people exercising their consumer rights. You could easily argue that you are not getting what was advertised.

 

[MMinehan]

Presumably swapping all the SIMs would be a big job if they do change to a NZ carrier. On the other hand it's only going to get worse (presumably) if they keep putting telstra sims into all these new cars, unless telstra makes a big upgrade to their network capacity.

I'm pretty sure they are actually Spark SIMs. They have just set up the connection in the cars to use a Telstra APN. I would imagine that if they went with Spark they would just need to reconfigure the APN which they should be able to do OTA. @Matt_NZ seems to have a better understanding of this.

 

[khayyam]

There's definitely been discussion in NZ of physical SIM replacement. Whether there is eSIM capability in some cars I can't say. NZ carriers also only offer limited eSIM options so far.

 

[Matt_NZ]

Spark and 2degrees both have full support for eSIM. Vodafone has closed testing of eSIM, so they won't be far away either.

 

[Audietron]

Presumably swapping all the SIMs would be a big job if they do change to a NZ carrier. On the other hand it's only going to get worse (presumably) if they keep putting telstra sims into all these new cars, unless telstra makes a big upgrade to their network capacity.

They don't need to swap the SIM if it's future proof eSIM in recent cars... rest ones, probably matter of two providers agreeing to do clean transition of SIM Identifiers....
In worst case, just a Mobile service units swapping it out over a week/month.

 

[MMinehan]

It looks like there has been some progress. Today I was getting download speeds of 40-50 Mbps. There was an update a few days ago so not sure if Tesla have made any changes with the APN etc. Speedtest still thinks I'm testing from Australia though.