Thread: WiFi in car
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Old 04-29-2015, 03:46 PM   #11
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Originally Posted by GoinAllTheWay View Post
Unless I just don't understand this "car WiFi", I really don't see the point of it. As Ktrain mentioned, you still need a mobile data plan.

What's the appeal?
The OP is just not understanding the concept. There's no such thing as car WiFi or "saving WiFi".

WiFi is just a wireless protocol just like 3G, LTE, etc. are also wireless protocols.

It's just cheaper in your house because you are connected to a land line and you aren't moving out of range of your WiFi access point.

In your car, you are moving around and therefore you can only get internet from cellphone towers or in some lucky advanced cities, there are enough access points to cover everything.

Downloading from your home network to use in your mobile device is called caching. The app has to support caching otherwise why don't you just save the songs?
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