PapaEchoUK
19-04-2014, 12:59 PM
So firstly this isn't another moan / query about the BT / IPhone / MMI poor implementation in A7s - I accepted this design limitation soon after purchasing my car back in Mar '12.
Since purchase I have used a Three standard phone and data Sim at initially £10 then £15 / month - firstly it was the Sim100 plan until mid 2013 but then 3 stopped tethering support on that (they detect and block data access in the network) so had to change to their One Plan - only plan to officially support Tethering; this was working fine from November '13 until a couple of months ago when I started getting blocked data connections again.
Having wasted many hours talking to countless people in India, Three's offshore tech support - I have been formally informed and confirmed that the One Plan sim is for phones only and the network doesn't recognise the A7 as a valid device and is blocking data / tethering - the same would also apply if I were to use a mobile broadband sim - not withstanding the loss of phone calls.
I am happy having a second Sim - I forward all calls to car from main iPhone when needed - car uses iPhone address book for contacts etc over BT.
I automatically tether my iPad and iPhone when in car, as does my wife and daughter with theirs when in the car also.
So...
As three no longer have a Sim only plan that will work in the A7, does anybody know which provider / plan will offer tethering support, phone and data, and not block access because it's a Car and not a phone or dongle?
Thanks
PE
Since purchase I have used a Three standard phone and data Sim at initially £10 then £15 / month - firstly it was the Sim100 plan until mid 2013 but then 3 stopped tethering support on that (they detect and block data access in the network) so had to change to their One Plan - only plan to officially support Tethering; this was working fine from November '13 until a couple of months ago when I started getting blocked data connections again.
Having wasted many hours talking to countless people in India, Three's offshore tech support - I have been formally informed and confirmed that the One Plan sim is for phones only and the network doesn't recognise the A7 as a valid device and is blocking data / tethering - the same would also apply if I were to use a mobile broadband sim - not withstanding the loss of phone calls.
I am happy having a second Sim - I forward all calls to car from main iPhone when needed - car uses iPhone address book for contacts etc over BT.
I automatically tether my iPad and iPhone when in car, as does my wife and daughter with theirs when in the car also.
So...
As three no longer have a Sim only plan that will work in the A7, does anybody know which provider / plan will offer tethering support, phone and data, and not block access because it's a Car and not a phone or dongle?
Thanks
PE