Using FreedomPop
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Using FreedomPop
After our AT&T trial ended (prematurely, but that's another story), I decided to try using FreedomPop in the F-Pace.
Their website shows the Global Sim Card as temporarily unavailable, but I was able to purchase one on ebay ($6.00) and it was delivered in 2 days, directly from Amazon. Activation was on-line, costing another $10. I signed up for the free 200mb/month plan and got a 1GB bonus. I opted out of the automatic "refill" on the dollars in my account. After initializing the account on the computer, I turned off wifi and inserted the sim card in the car. It took a couple of minutes, but connected automatically and works. The next question will be how much data we actually use/need to see if the 200mb is enough. One day in and we've used 7mb, mostly testing to see if the setup works.
Their website shows the Global Sim Card as temporarily unavailable, but I was able to purchase one on ebay ($6.00) and it was delivered in 2 days, directly from Amazon. Activation was on-line, costing another $10. I signed up for the free 200mb/month plan and got a 1GB bonus. I opted out of the automatic "refill" on the dollars in my account. After initializing the account on the computer, I turned off wifi and inserted the sim card in the car. It took a couple of minutes, but connected automatically and works. The next question will be how much data we actually use/need to see if the 200mb is enough. One day in and we've used 7mb, mostly testing to see if the setup works.
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I am clocking how much data I am using now in my XE with the given AT&T sim card to figure out what plan I will need going forward.
I hope this thread grows and everyone share info on what sim cards will work and which has the cheapest plan. I don't use it very often but it is nice to have handy.
I hope this thread grows and everyone share info on what sim cards will work and which has the cheapest plan. I don't use it very often but it is nice to have handy.
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As promised, here is an update on data usage. After 2 weeks and 546 miles, we've used 93MB of data. That's doing normal driving with no overt data demands (no weather, news, etc usage under Live). I only had one 25-mile trip where I used the Nav, and the usage for that day was actually a bit less than average.