assuming you need gps and radio on
family wants a car thats 2020 or younger t and toyota
also if you have dashcam suggestions let me know
assuming you need gps and radio on
family wants a car thats 2020 or younger t and toyota
also if you have dashcam suggestions let me know
If your car has a shark fin antenna, you can sometimes disconnect the leads for the cellular, WiFi, and/or satellite antennas that the car uses to report telemetry and private driving data back to the manufacturer or any other services. You will lose certain functionality, of course, like satellite radio, emergency services if you subscribe to them, etc. But you can then leave the GPS antenna connected.
I’d recommend disconnecting them at the source rather than the fin of possible, though, as, depending on what kind of signal we’re talking about, just the lead running through the car might be enough of an antenna to still transmit to very close cell towers. But it’s usually easier to find the wires at the fin.
Not the best solution, but can be useful in some cases. It might be a more targeted solution than some of the others like popping a fuse which may also disable more essential features.
Does this mean that all new cars come with esims or sim cards. Who pays the bill of the network operator?
OnStar has existed since the 90s. That system requires a subscription that pays for the cell connection. The old ones no longer work because the cell tech is too old and the towers are gone. But usually the sim is embedded in the device, not replaceable or updatable. But it doesn’t need to because it’s built into a car and rarely would be transferred to another car while maintaining the same owner like a phone sim might.
There are lots of other devices that have existed over time that the manufacturer negotiates with a cell carrier and because these devices use small enough amounts of data, the initial cost of the device pays for all of the service. Usually the device advertises that it has “lifetime” service, but of course that isn’t the lifetime of the owner or even the device, but more that of the contract between the manufacturer and cell carrier.
As for the systems that car manufacturers use for telemetry, they pay the cell providers for that. In bulk and with very little data, I’m sure it’s not even all that much and they likely use the promise of selling other services like OnStar and giving a cut to the cell provider to at least partly offset that cost to them.