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In today's call, Elon mentioned that LTE capability is being rolled out. Does it mean some cars have already been delivered with LTE and the functionality is being turned on gradually?
That was exactly how I heard it as well.I think it's clear that not all the cars have LTE since he said something to the effect of all the cars have 3G and then said LTE was being rolled out. When the hardware change was made to enable LTE is up for speculation. It's still possible that none of the delivered cars have LTE yet.
That was exactly how I heard it as well.
The other interesting tidbit was the "There are some constraints on heavy useage, but not for most people.". I wonder what that was all about... how could you use the 3G/LTE more heavily than designed (given that you can't tether to your car's signal and that you can't stream anything on the web browser)
There is no tethering.Wouldn't be surprised if they don't allow tethering at some point.
There is no tethering.
You can tether the car to your phone, but you cannot tether any device to the car (and therefore ramp up usage)...
[...] Wouldn't be surprised if they don't allow tethering at some point.
I realize that, that's why I said I wouldn't be surprised if they do allow that at some point.
Admittedly, English is just my third language, but I don't think that's what you said...
Admittedly, English is just my third language, but I don't think that's what you said...
Wouldn't is the key there. Wouldn't be surprised if they do allow it at some point [in the future].
Now you've gone and confused the issue again. I used a double negative. Wouldn't and don't = positive. It was poor construction on my part. I'll endeavor to be clearer.
Would LTE speed up the web browser significantly, or is the problem the web browser itself? When I'm parked I find myself taking out my iPhone to look something up that I would rather read on a 17" screen, but the car browser is almost unusable.
I'd rather have a faster browser than LTE...the browser is a joke. You could T1 this thing and it would still be like watching paint dry. Love my car though.
In today's call, Elon mentioned that LTE capability is being rolled out. Does it mean some cars have already been delivered with LTE and the functionality is being turned on gradually?
Here is a post lifted from the Tesla forums. Sounds like it is a future hardware enhancement.
"aaron | MARCH 19, 2015Here is an email I just got from my service center when I asked them about LTE service
According to engineering all we are doing at this stage is doing testing into the use of LTE.
No release dates have been announced, and we have no info on retrofits.
However, it is clear that all vehicles in current production and earlier are not fit with hardware capable of supporting LTE.
So if they decide to make it available to previous vehicles, there would have to be some sort of updated hardware installed.
It is too early to know what is going to happen moving forward so I would advise to stay tuned to all things Tesla in the news and check back with us periodically."