AT&T hotspot offer

[TinGoatTravelers]

We ordered our 2022 2500 Hemi in October 2021 and picked it up when it was delivered 7 months later in April of this year. One of the offers that came with the truck was a free 3 month (3GB) trial of AT&T’s wifi hotspot in the truck.

We just activated the offer today and will be testing it for 3 months. Unfortunately, I was told by AT&T when setting up the service that the truck must either be running or in accessory mode for the hot spot to work.

That’s great of you’re using it while on the road for maps and such. It’s useless if you want to use it (for example) at your campsite to stream a movie or just to be on line generally.

We’ll continue to test it out, but unless I’m missing something, this free trial will be worth just about everything we paid for it. Does anyone who has used this have a more positive view or insights that could change my mind?

Oh - one side note, we currently have a Verizon wifi puck - the service is over $100/mo and is unlimited data. The AT&T price is $25/month - presumably for the usability concern…

 

[Brutal_HO]

Works the same way in a friend's 2021 GMC. He sits in the truck at the lake when he has to be online for a work call and his Verizon service isn't working well. (We tend to ghost work from the lake a lot.)

I'm spoiled, work pays for my phone service (which can hotspot) and also allows me to run a MiFi though the "LTE" speed on it sucks. I may lose the MiFi in the upcoming merger plan changes... going to have a fight on my hands to be sure. I have a pretty good client-facing job use case for having it.

 

[mgeiger72]

Makes sense to me that it has to at least be in ACC mode. Just turn off lights, climate, etc. I've built off grid setups- camper shells, trailers, campers and boats with 100% self sufficient solar/battery. I've always had a SAE pigtail on my vehicle battery to plug in a battery tender or a jumper off my solar charge controller. That solves the camping issue for me, though I tend to camp where there is no signal.

This raises a point for me to go learn about dual batteries and how RAM has them wired so I can properly set up my pig tail(s) once I get my truck.

 

[Bombaman]

I signed up for the 6 month offer. So far it's been good enough for the kids to stream during long car trips.

Only thing that's a pain, is that you have to enable it on each start. It should retain the last state for new starts