Something else to consider: Tesla is going to hit the 100,000 car mark within the next quarter, possibly extending into the second quarter of 2015. That means they are 1/2 way to the magic number of 200,000, which is "magic" because that's where your $7,500 tax credit disappears. How long it takes to reach that number will depend on production speed, and the Model X rolling off, but I would bet that it's prior to 3G going off-line.
I have 4G/LTE on my iPhone 6 (AT&T), so if i really need those data speeds while traveling, I'll pull over and use the phone (unless I'm missing something, isn't that the real alternative?)
It has to be 200k sold in the US not just 200k manufactured for the credit to start to roll off.
Just to clarify the credit gets reduced but does not disappear right away. It is phased out and reduced first to 50% then 25%.
http://www.irs.gov/irb/2009-48_IRB/ar09.html
Section 2. BACKGROUND
Section 30D provides for a credit for certain new qualified plug-in electric drive motor vehicles. The credit is equal to the sum of: (1) $2,500, plus (2) for a vehicle which draws propulsion energy from a battery with at least 5 kilowatt hours of capacity, $417, plus an additional $417 for each kilowatt hour of battery capacity in excess of 5 kilowatt hours. Under § 30D(b)(3), that portion of the credit determined by battery capacity cannot exceed $5,000. Therefore, the total amount of the credit allowed for a vehicle is limited to $7,500. The new qualified plug-in electric drive motor vehicle credit phases out for a manufacturer’s vehicles over the one-year period beginning with the second calendar quarter after the calendar quarter in which at least 200,000 qualifying vehicles manufactured by that manufacturer have been sold for use in the United States (determined on a cumulative basis for sales after December 31, 2009) (“phase-out period”). Qualifying vehicles manufactured by that manufacturer are eligible for 50 percent of the credit if acquired in the first two quarters of the phase-out period and 25 percent of the credit if acquired in the third or fourth quarter of the phase-out period. Vehicles manufactured by that manufacturer are not eligible for a credit if acquired after the phase-out period. After December 31, 2009, a vehicle that qualifies for a credit under § 30 does not qualify for the credit under § 30D