ATT Mobley plan

[garmp]

I just found that ATT is again offering it's Mobley plan for unlimited data for $20.00 a month. Their web site says 22gb per line per month then might slow if tower usage is high. They offer a Harman Spark for $79.00 or $19.99 a month as the hot spot.
I'm not fond of it plugging into the OBD-II port and reading diagnostics, etc. It seems to have a load of other features that I really don't feel I need or want, but that sounds reasonable for data streaming. Any thoughts or opinions?

[jcpainter]

MrWizard wrote:
This is not the Mobley plan
This is the replacement plan, to fix the loopholes in the Mobley plan
To restrict the data usage to the vehicle and when the vehicles is in use

This is absolutely correct!

[garry1p]

Mobley is a dumb hot spot the Spark is a sophisticated device that insures you use it in a vehicle.

Should you be smart enough to engineer around the Spark firmware the restrictions of the TOC will allow ATT shut you down.

[MrWizard]

This is not the Mobley plan
This is the replacement plan, to fix the loopholes in the Mobley plan
To restrict the data usage to the vehicle and when the vehicles is in use

[GordonThree]

I wonder if they've made the device smarter about being used outside of a vehicle?

From the TAC:

Device restrictions: For in-car use only. Telematics req'd. AT&T reserves right to terminate service if device is plugged into anything other than a vehicle.

Sounds to me like they've programmed the device to read diagnostic data from the vehicle to confirm compliant usage?

A review website indicates the Spark service is $30/mo, and the hotspot is configured to shutdown after 30 minutes after the vehicle becomes stationary... so you can't park your rig and use wifi all night long?