21st Century Truck
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Folks,
I had forgotten to add this point to our review of our Newfoundland Canada road trip this past December / January.
I have used the Ford OEM ATT vehicle hotspot all across North America, coast - to - coast, in our now-gone Mach E and now in our Lightning. After running out the free trial service, I now turn it on only for long multi-state and Canadian province trips when our European nephews are passengers, for their immediate social media and video connectivity with their parents and their buddies.
I kind of expect good ATT hotspot service in our lower 48 states. To add, after our trip in December & January from Virginia up to and across frozen Newfoundland Canada, even in pretty trying climatic conditions (two blizzards) and on a very remote, unpopulated corner of North America the ATT-provided Lightning hotspot was consistently so reliable and high-quality that I called ATT after our frozen camping trip and gave a pretty high review to the customer service lady.
In the words of my 17-year old nephew who never ever switches his Apple I-phone off and who is constantly messaging and videoing and posting stuff, "this Internet service in the Ford just whistles, it's that fast". This nephew lives in a sizable European capital and both his parents, a college professor and a lawyer, have high sped internet in their condo for professional careers, so he has a good basis to compare. His amazed observation came in the center of the island of Newfoundland, where there was literally nothing for 50+ miles around us except the two-lane road, and the nearest city was about 150 miles away.
That's a pretty high quality Internet vehicle hotspot service in my book.
For those whose trial has run out, this year it costs $15 for the Ford connection and another $25 for the ATT connection, billed every 30 days. These need to be managed by separate turn on / turn off actions with both Ford and with ATT. I turn it off after every long trip.
I had forgotten to add this point to our review of our Newfoundland Canada road trip this past December / January.
I have used the Ford OEM ATT vehicle hotspot all across North America, coast - to - coast, in our now-gone Mach E and now in our Lightning. After running out the free trial service, I now turn it on only for long multi-state and Canadian province trips when our European nephews are passengers, for their immediate social media and video connectivity with their parents and their buddies.
I kind of expect good ATT hotspot service in our lower 48 states. To add, after our trip in December & January from Virginia up to and across frozen Newfoundland Canada, even in pretty trying climatic conditions (two blizzards) and on a very remote, unpopulated corner of North America the ATT-provided Lightning hotspot was consistently so reliable and high-quality that I called ATT after our frozen camping trip and gave a pretty high review to the customer service lady.
In the words of my 17-year old nephew who never ever switches his Apple I-phone off and who is constantly messaging and videoing and posting stuff, "this Internet service in the Ford just whistles, it's that fast". This nephew lives in a sizable European capital and both his parents, a college professor and a lawyer, have high sped internet in their condo for professional careers, so he has a good basis to compare. His amazed observation came in the center of the island of Newfoundland, where there was literally nothing for 50+ miles around us except the two-lane road, and the nearest city was about 150 miles away.
That's a pretty high quality Internet vehicle hotspot service in my book.
For those whose trial has run out, this year it costs $15 for the Ford connection and another $25 for the ATT connection, billed every 30 days. These need to be managed by separate turn on / turn off actions with both Ford and with ATT. I turn it off after every long trip.
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