What are most folks doing? 1GB/month for $10 or unlimited for $20?
How is the wifi? I've never had it in a car. Thanks!

 

I was wondering the same thing. I use Verizon for my phone so I don't get the "discount".

Are we supposed to get 3 months free or something like that with the WiFi or is that only with AcuraLink?

 

 

What discount are you referring to? If you are a current ATT customer, do you get a discount on the hotspot pricing?

 

If you have an AT&T Mobile Share Plan, you can add the hotspot to your plan for $10, and it counts against your shared data.

 

I have unlimited data and a hotspot on Verizon for my phone. I am setting mine up to kick on automatically when it connects to bluetooth, so I will have wifi inside the car at all times. $20 a month for AT&T is ludicrous...

 

Ok, probably a dumb question so bear with me, but do you have to activate the wifi hotspot in the RDX in order to get OTA software updates for the vehicle?

 

You should take a look at the Canadian plan prices! A complete joke. Not even an unlimited option.
https://myvehicle.att.com/#/acura/learn

 

Not a dumb question, and I'm not sure anyone here knows the answer at this time about how the updates will occur, but I suspect you would not need the wifi hotspot on the RDX activated. I've seen some other posts speculating that an update could be done by using your own phone as a hotspot and connecting to the unit via USB or bluetooth, or maybe even download the updates to a USB drive. I'm also thinking that you may need any of that. When I had an issue with my Acuralink, customer support connected directly to my unit remotely. And the phone app is getting some car information remotely. When I first installed it, I got some car information, and I remember seeing a message about connecting the phone to the vehicle via bluetooth to get even more info, so there does seem to be some remote communication even without bluetooth or a hotspot.

 

I can use my residential gateway at home to check for system updates so it's not necessary to activate the RDX's Wi-Fi hot-spot with AT&T. So far there have been no updates and I get a system is up to date message when I check.

 

So just after posting my earlier response about updates, I was in the car in my garage (testing some 5.1 files), and I noticed a message that an update was available. So I clicked on it, it asked if I wanted to update via WiFi or usb. I never did connect my RDX to my home WiFi, and I didn’t set it up as a hotspot either, but I selected that option just to see what would happen. It proceeded to check for an update, but then said my system was up to date. How???

 

Mine has done this about 5 times since I've gotten it. Not sure why it does it.