Chevrolet To Offer Unlimited Data Plan With Cars (bbc.com)

Chevrolet has become the first carmaker to offer an unlimited data plan with its cars. From a report on BBC: The deal, for a 4G LTE data plan, applies to cars sold in the US from 3 March and will cost $20 a month. It is being offered with the help of US carrier OnStar and will see vehicles fitted with a wi-fi hotspot that connects to the web via LTE. Chevrolet said it was offering the deal because in-car data use had grown so fast. Figures gathered by Chevrolet suggest the amount of data used via wi-fi in its cars jumped by 200% last year. In 2016, it said, Chevrolet in-car hotspots had handled about four million gigabytes of data. The LTE-based hotspots are available across the entire range of vehicles made by Chevrolet.

Comments

garage parking + wifi extender

[dknj]

Home wifi for $20/mo!

Brb buying a cheap GM

Re:garage parking + wifi extender

[HornWumpus]

Skip the car, just get the SIM.

Just drive

[Moof123]

I can only see a niche need for data in a car. Frankly I want my dash simplified down to the basics again. I don't want menus, I want a few key knobs and tactile buttons I can feel without taking my eye off the road. Give me a car without all this BS. Most of it will be obsolete long before the car is worn out, which is a major problem.

Re:Why pay more?

[HornWumpus]

The locked phones tethering apps tell the phone company that you are using the phone as a hotspot/get authorization. The unlocked phones just pump data.