GPS and WiFi in hire car?
Discussion
Off to Croatia this weekend and we've booked a Golf for hire. It was a deal including "GPS and Wifi". GPS is pretty straight forward, but Wifi.. Do they hire out WiFi access points or something? Can they do this now?!
None of the other cars had an option to add it, and the website didn't really say anything about it..
None of the other cars had an option to add it, and the website didn't really say anything about it..
mk1matt said:
It's probably a MiFi device. If it's done using the local network then the browsing charges will be much lower than using your own data connection.
This. So it'll appear as a WiFi network in the car that you can use, but it'll be using 3G. Handy, but won't be super quick unless you're parked up in a city with good coverage.i think the v8 omega concept thingy had that trumped by being released 13 years ago. Shame it never made production..
some pictures here
http://www.pbase.com/elvin315/image/74099733
some pictures here
http://www.pbase.com/elvin315/image/74099733
mk1matt said:
It's probably a MiFi device. If it's done using the local network then the browsing charges will be much lower than using your own data connection.
Probably. Green Tomato taxis (plus some others) in London do the same which would be handy if I didn't already have my own. First I've heard of it in hire cars though.ArsE92 said:
mk1matt said:
It's probably a MiFi device. If it's done using the local network then the browsing charges will be much lower than using your own data connection.
This. So it'll appear as a WiFi network in the car that you can use, but it'll be using 3G. Handy, but won't be super quick unless you're parked up in a city with good coverage.ArsE92 said:
So it'll appear as a WiFi network in the car that you can use, but it'll be using 3G. Handy, but won't be super quick unless you're parked up in a city with good coverage.
It works pretty well on the move tbh. I had an amazing idea last year about breaking apart a 3G dongle and wiring it into a small wireless router to be placed in the car. So any passanger can connect to the wifi via their Iphone, laptop etc and use the 3G connection anywhere in the UK pretty much.Then somebody pointed out its been done
I found my laptop would work absolutely fine at 70mph on the M1. There is a slight latency compared to home wired broadband (I wouldn't fancy playing xbox live over the connection), but the actual download speeds aren't too shabby 
anonymous said:
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That doesn't surprise me actually.I remember last year having a lengthy Office Communicator (real time chat tool) session with a Lithuanian colleague. He was at the time on a bus between Latvia and Lithuania, using the WiFi on the bus which connected via 3G! He could pretty much carry on with his daily job (server admin) whilst sat on the bus with his laptop, connecting to systems in the UK.
Madness.
StottyZr said:
It works pretty well on the move tbh. I had an amazing idea last year about breaking apart a 3G dongle and wiring it into a small wireless router to be placed in the car. So any passanger can connect to the wifi via their Iphone, laptop etc and use the 3G connection anywhere in the UK pretty much.
Then somebody pointed out its been done I found my laptop would work absolutely fine at 70mph on the M1. There is a slight latency compared to home wired broadband (I wouldn't fancy playing xbox live over the connection), but the actual download speeds aren't too shabby
Passenger?Then somebody pointed out its been done
I found my laptop would work absolutely fine at 70mph on the M1. There is a slight latency compared to home wired broadband (I wouldn't fancy playing xbox live over the connection), but the actual download speeds aren't too shabby I have the 3 mifi device and you can connect 5 wifi devices, works pretty well and its cheap (in the UK anyway) about £50 for the device and I use the pay as you go sim which is £50 for a year or 12Gb whichever you use first, pleanty for email etc..
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