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Gizmotoy
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How did they word it? AT&T successfully lobbied to call HSPA+ 4G. I wonder what would lead them to drop it so soon. I mean, they still have Edge (2.5G) towers in service.
kevincwelch
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Fantastic news! I'm happy to hear this, but the browser is still painfully slow. Hopefully this is something that improves with time/upgrades.
huntjo
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Todd Burch
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I'm surprised Tesla is taking this kind of revenue hit, not that I'm complaining. Put it this way, assuming they eventually charge $20 per month (low end), that means this 4 years of free service saves us $960! If they charge $30 (more likely), then we are now saving $1,440! This makes me one very happy customer!
gg_got_a_tesla
Model S: VIN 65513, Model 3: VIN 1913
I was hoping for 8 years...
Seriously, it's a great move. Do want to upgrade (by paying for the hardware, of course) to 4G LTE at some point. And, hoping for a more usable and responsive browser too after future software updates.
When is that SDK coming btw? Can't wait for the $19 billion WhatsApp on the 17" screen :tongue:
Gizmotoy
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Only if you already are an AT&T subscriber, AND you're on a mobile share plan. Otherwise the cost is $15/month for 250MB, or $30/month for 3GB.
Carriers usually seek second life use for older wireless technology. The infrastructure is already deployed and paid for.
I'd imagine smartphone's rapid LTE migration means there is probably excess 3G capacity. Just a guess but this is probably the reason Tesla is sticking with 3G and I'd imagine it is very cheap. Tesla's silicon valley computer trained engineers probably wants everyone to have live connection to continue collecting in field car's telemetry for feedback on product improvement.
Moving up to LTE would increase cost and likely have to pass cost onto the end users.
I'd imagine smartphone's rapid LTE migration means there is probably excess 3G capacity. Just a guess but this is probably the reason Tesla is sticking with 3G and I'd imagine it is very cheap. Tesla's silicon valley computer trained engineers probably wants everyone to have live connection to continue collecting in field car's telemetry for feedback on product improvement.
Moving up to LTE would increase cost and likely have to pass cost onto the end users.
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It's definitely not this...the car (well, the cellular equipment) is designed to be able to split off telemetry and other Tesla-paid data (before they decided to make our data free!) so that customers could choose not to buy a data plan and Tesla would still have access to our logs and other key data, and could still push updates. I would guess two things are involved here: 1) Billing may have been too hard/expensive/not worthwhile for so few US cars, and 2) If Tesla buys in bulk for 20,000-40,000 cars, they probably get a much better rate than making it optional...otherwise it's a risk for AT&T to put in the billing effort; what if only 5k people signed up, for example? And can you imagine the hassle of people wanting to "add a device" where that device is a Tesla? I imagine AT&T would rather send one bill to Tesla and cut them a very nice deal. And folks, let's just establish that Tesla and AT&T have said that for current cars it will be 4G HSPA+, which is far faster than what we need for what the car can do today. I know LTE is much faster, but people, we are browsing the web without video and listening to compressed internet audio while downloading some maps...do you really think 2, 3, 4, or 5 mbps isn't enough?!?!
Just FYI, Tesla uses TeliaSonera as their connectivity partner in Nordic/Baltic regions: TeliaSonera to provide connectivity in Tesla Motors electric vehicles in key Nordic and Baltic markets - TeliaSonera
Pate
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BOOOOOO!!! Some are "not so bright". :tongue:They call it "brightwork" and your car already has it.
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