[pastarocket]

You will be able to surf on the Internet in your car next year thanks to Rogers and Sprint. Sprint's Velocity service, a Wi-Fi service, is set to come to Canada.

A good service or another distraction that increases the chances of accidents?

In-car Wi-Fi set to debut in Canada next year | News1130 (http://www.news1130.com/2013/09/26/in-car-wi-fi-set-to-debut-in-canada-next-year/)

[fishCak3s]

I don't know how it'll work out but right now it sounds :suspicious: to me

[melloman]

Very :suspicious:

Can see accidents in first week of release go up 6000% in Richmond. :pokerface:

[twitchyzero]

makes way more sense to develop wifi at transit stations/bus routes first
but Translink will just ad another 10% carbon tax to justify it :okay:

[StylinRed]

Thought this was already available? Especially for RVs

[guurl]

america's had this for a while now but it's super convenient especially if you're going on a road trip! i believe it was a internet stick
it was great lol i used it to face time my friends back home

[Happy]

I rather just turn one of my wireless devices into a hotspot

[TatsuyaKataoka]

makes way more sense to develop wifi at transit stations/bus routes first
but Translink will just ad another 10% carbon tax to justify it :okay:

I can see Translink upping the carbon tax to subsidize in-car wifi first :troll:

[thumper]

sorry i'm not very familiar with this... will this allow internet radio to work in the car?

[mos_skeeto]

I'm guessing this will work like their second device (tablet) plans. I would personally prefer loading up my main cell phone device with lots of data and tethering with my secondary devices like a tablet or powering a car radio.

[Gridlock]

america's had this for a while now but it's super convenient especially if you're going on a road trip! i believe it was a internet stick
it was great lol i used it to face time my friends back home

Oh god. I like getting out of touch, not more in it.

We go facebook free when we go away, and try not to rely too heavily on internet. Depends on the circumstances of the trip.

I took my nephew on a trip this weekend, and the rule was no ipods, ipads, or iinbetween. I want to see your face without the glow of lcd.

[pastarocket]

A CTV news article about Wi-Fi enabled cars.

Wi-Fi enabled cars coming to Canada in 2014 | CTV News | Autos (http://www.ctvnews.ca/autos/wi-fi-enabled-cars-coming-to-canada-in-2014-1.1471524)

Roger says that Canadians "want to be connected from anywhere, at anytime".

Seriously? :suspicious:

[jasonc]

we have that now at volvo with sensus touch. turns the screen into a ipad and you plug in your rogers usb stick for internet. turns the whole car into a hotspot.

[unit]

im not sure what difference this makes in terms of distraction.
pretty much everyone has data on their phones anyway these days.
now people's connections will just be faster. i dont see how this will cause more accidents.

[thumper]

i guess there will be even more wi-fi capble ipad custom in-dash installs soon.

iPad Dash Install - YouTube

[Yodamaster]

We're in an age where phones can browse the web anyway, I don't think being able to open a page a millisecond faster is going to cause that much mayhem.

That being said, get off your fucking phones when you drive.

[FerrariEnzo]

makes way more sense to develop wifi at transit stations/bus routes first
but Translink will just ad another 10% carbon tax to justify it :okay:
surprised they have taxed the seats with carbon tax!! :badpokerface:

[Vulture]

same year car crashes increase 5000%

[Manic!]

sorry i'm not very familiar with this... will this allow internet radio to work in the car?

You already can use internet radio in car. Just use your cellphone and connect the headphone out to aux in of your deck.

[slingblade]

“Think about it: going on a long road trip, the kids have the iPad or a tablet in the back seat, they want to be able to download games, they want to watch movies and things like that,”
:fulloffuck:


If these kids can't go a short amount of time without downloading/streaming content on their gadgets, they probably need some parenting more than they need in-car wifi :lawl:

[StylinRed]

Thought this was already available? Especially for RVs

yeah i thought they had something like this for rvs

http://www.frenzel.de/uploads/images/_scale/ray_sat_1000_3_550x259.jpg

its for satellite TV but they have units for internet as well

[MG1]

If these kids can't go a short amount of time without downloading/streaming content on their gadgets, they probably need some parenting more than they need in-car wifi :lawl:

And what about the parents? Who's gonna learn them? Shit's worse when adults can't handle addiction to technology.

I really should stop hanging out on RS.......... :lawl:

[Swonz]

Doesn't Japan have TV or something in their cars?

[drunkrussian]

finally, all i need to live in my car. Take that vancouver housing prices
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[thumper]

You already can use internet radio in car. Just use your cellphone and connect the headphone out to aux in of your deck.

... if i had an aux in :(

[thumper]

Doesn't Japan have TV or something in their cars?

yes. someone i know who bought a jdm delica that he imported from japan has a double din head unit with a full lcd display that had a tv tuner built in with antennas in the back hatch glass... however it dosen't pick up any channels here :(

[Harvey Specter]

The S Class Mercedes back in 2000 had a TV tuner for EU markets.

[Gh0stRider]

airport shuttle buses already have this

[Manic!]

... if i had an aux in :(

Use a FM transmitter.

[meme405]

Use a FM transmitter.

Yeah, there is like 80 ways around this if you aren't a complete tool.

Why would you want WiFI in your car?

And you could just tether your phone if you aren't a bum. :seriously:

[ProBoostin]

Europe has had this for awhile now. All the upper end German cars have it like the A6 and up, 5-series and up and probably E-class and up. My cousins oversea can watch TV while in the car but only when the car is stationary I think. Wifi and mobile data is dirt cheap over there tho. I paid 20 euros so basically $30 CAD for 6GB mobile data/wifi. Basically a rocketstick/hotspot that can connect up to 5 devices with LTE speeds and they have cell service everywhere, no deadspots.

[xSin]

When I read the title of this thread my first thought was "Oh good grief, one more thing to distract drivers... awesome."

...However there are some very good points being made about phones & data plans already existing so now I'm not sure it'll have that much impact.

It is sad though that the places we can go to 'get away' from being "connected" are getting harder to find.