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I would hope they would implement tethering, as I know many people (including myself) are not keen on another monthly bill, particularly when most of us already have data plans with our phones.
Perhaps I don't understand wifi tethering, but what specifically would Tesla have to do other than enable the wifi capability of the Model S? As far as I understand it, any device that has wifi capacity can connect via a wifi tether device, such as a phone or hotspot. Therefore, Tesla should just have to enable wifi on the Model S.
That's basically correct but I think what people mean by "support tethering" is that the Model S becomes the hot-spot, not that it can connect to a hot-spot.
Not forget to cool or heat the car with the phone App.I'd hope the scenario of the car connecting to a WiFi network is important for cases where you get no cell coverage at your home/garage but have internet and can get updates and allow tesla to pull info from your car if needed.
If that works, you'd be able to connect to your phone's mobile hotspot and not need a data plan for your car.
The driver's phone or tablet can supply the cellular internet connection, through their own data plans, and by their OWN support of tethering, create a WiFi hotspot that the car can connect to. I think a lot of people are interested in this option, so they can avoid paying for a separate data contract for the car, when the 3-month (production) or 12/month (Signature) free trial periods end.
I spoke with a product specialist a while back and they had just completed a meeting where tethering was discussed. The Model S will be able to connect to the Internet through a phone either by making the phone a mobile hot spot or by USB tethering. To me it makes much more sense to connect the phone to the USB port as there will be a mechanical connection to the phone and the phone will be charged at the same time.My iPhone can act as a WiFi hotspot or provide internet access to my PC via a USB connection. I personally find the iPhone's WiFi hotspot quirky, at best. It usually takes me several attempts to get my tablet, laptop or whatever to connect that way, and it'll frequently drop the connection. I'd prefer if Model S lets me tether my iPhone via a USB connection, which generally is much more reliable. It wouldn't be fun trying to re-establish a WiFi connection that has dropped while zipping down the freeway!
Indeed, USB tethering is much better due to the mechanical connection.I spoke with a product specialist a while back and they had just completed a meeting where tethering was discussed. The Model S will be able to connect to the Internet through a phone either by making the phone a mobile hot spot or by USB tethering. To me it makes much more sense to connect the phone to the USB port as there will be a mechanical connection to the phone and the phone will be charged at the same time.
I've found the web browser to be almost completely unusable at this point. Aside from the somewhat slow data rate (which I can handle), the browser itself is slow as molasses. Try pulling up a teslamotorsclub.com thread and scrolling. S---L----O----W! Hopefully they will work on optimizing the code in the near future.