Have found the slot for the in car Wi-fi sim, and am pondering the advantages of the in car solution vs turning on the hotspot on my phone.

Obviously the car Wi-fi is only 3G, vs 4G on the phone, and I have to get an extra data sim.

Couple of questions, will it accept a standard phone contract sim, or does it have to be a data only? Three do a bargain unlimited data sim as a phone sim but not as a data sim.... for som reason.

Is there much advantage gained from the external antenna vs a phone in the cup holder? Is the extra signal strength enough to make up for the 3G/4G defecit?? What sort of connection speeds does the in car Wi-Fi get? There is nothing that can't be fixed with a hammer😜😜
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Much simpler and faster just to use your iPhone, isn't it?

Amazon sell a 3 data only sim with 12 or 24 mb that lasts 12 months. About £34 All LR cars from 1984
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Mines older so I don't need to worry

I thought the car needed data connectivity for something ?

If it does then 3 data sim £42 for 24Gb over 2 years

After that, everyone for themselves - my wife & kids all have decent phone contracts - I don't think anyone would expect (or thank me) for in car wifi......

@OP Why complicate matters, and pay more for a crap signal - I just use the iPhone hotspot - faultless  2021 L405 Vogue SE 4.4 V8 DIESEL ~ #17

Vogue, that’s what I’m thinking...I have 40gb a month on EE 4G, plus another 30 I can pinch of a work line, I was wondering if the 3G was a better connection. Then you get the trade off between signal and speed of connection, so it may work out that the 3G is better than the 4G...

I’m in the phone hotspot camp at the mo....

Not put a sim in yet and I’ve got TMc, and the incontrol works fine. It may need it for something but I haven’t figured out what yet.... I’m not sure if it’s needed for the OtA updates.

Next is to look into sat Nav update...... I think there may be someone in Scotland who can help with that..... slightly corroded chap...... There is nothing that can't be fixed with a hammer😜😜
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Last edited by northernmonkeyjones on 7th Mar 2020 9:07pm. Edited 1 time in total

Depending on your contract & where you drive..... My 3 contract won't let me use the phone as a hot spot outside the UK

My car spends 8 months of the year outside the UK......

Interesting. Was thinking of using it on a trip to t’Alps later in the month. Think it’s worked in the past. Will check.

You still in Andorra? Just got back. Had the start of the dump on Monday, looked a promising amount of Snow. There is nothing that can't be fixed with a hammer😜😜
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@ NMJ, re sat nav - I frequently run the RR sat nav and also Waze on the iPhone - makes a nice contrast and Waze is VG and shows speed cameras and actual MPH 2021 L405 Vogue SE 4.4 V8 DIESEL ~ #17

Alistair wrote:

Depending on your contract & where you drive..... My 3 contract won't let me use the phone as a hot spot outside the UK

My car spends 8 months of the year outside the UK......

Are you sure Alistair? Mine does and just did all the way to Davos & back my boy was using my hotspot...

Hmmm - maybe they changed it but it certainly didn't used to.

Were you able to do it for free - or did they charge a daily rate ?

This has been an issue for me as well. I tried the 3G I car WiFi, signal was probably better but speed was terrible so went back to 4g on iPhone. --
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Vogue wrote:

@OP Why complicate matters, and pay more for a crap signal - I just use the iPhone hotspot - faultless

I totally agree!
I find the LR system just too complicated, unreliable so don’t bother.
iPhone and Bluetooth just fine for my needs