guytdt

Anybody understand how it work?
Doesn't look like it uses my phone internet (see #2 below). I didn't go through any screen associated with ATT. So here are 2 options I tried.

1. Menu/Connections/Wifi, then I select Network. With this option you need to turn on your phone hotspot. on your car, you select your phone's SSID, password and I got connected.
2. Menu/Connections/Wifi then I select Hotspot. For this, I already turn off my phone's hotspot. Now I set SSID name, and password. Then I go to my ipad and set wifi to use this new SSID and I get in and can browse internet.

So where does #2 option get internet connection from? I don't think it's from ATT. Is it phone my phone tethering? Notice that phone's hotspot is off when I try this option.

Secondly, I look in the manual and 2019 doesn't mention anything about break-in procedure. I follow "standard" procedure but just wonder why Acura left out this.

guytdt

Ok, to be sure, I also turn off blue tooth from phone, leave it inside house and try to connect to car's hotspot from my ipad and I get internet connection.
So wonder who provides internet connection and whether it is free for how long.

Eiffel

I believe the wifi is available through AcuraLink. It is available through subscription and a new car should have a trial period. Your smartphone would connect to AcuraLink with a downloaded app. Google "AcuraLink".

Dizzyg12

mcrompton

The mobile hot spot is through AT&T. It shouldn't require an AcuraLink subscription. I believe each new car is supposed to come with a 30 day free trail of the hotspot feature (although only on 3G speeds). The car needs to be activated on a cellular plan to work.

MrJames

Looks like you are up and running on the 30 day trial. It's through AT&T.

Accord07

Depending on what you do with it, the 3GB/3-month (whichever is reached first) trial allowance may go quickly. I have had it in my '18 Odyssey - the first Honda vehicle to be equipped with LTE - for a year now, and the initial 3GB trial did not last even a week due to video streaming. Haven't driven a '19 RDX yet but there should be an AT&T app in the car that can show you how much of that 3GB has been used. By the way, the $20/month cost is all inclusive (of taxes and fees). When in-car Wi-Fi is set to "Network" mode, it acts as a Wi-Fi client and uses whatever you make it connect to (whether it is your phone with mobile hotspot turned on, or your home Wi-Fi when in the garage/on the driveway) as the uplink to the Internet, and it will use that connection to download OTA updates as well; when set to "Hotspot" mode, it uses the built-in LTE radio as uplink to the Internet via AT&T, and it will use that for OTA updates as well.

Dizzyg12

Accord07

Who says it's not unlimited and only 3G speeds? AT&T only offers "unlimited" data over LTE for in-car Wi-Fi. It used to offer the same for mobile hotspots that plug into the OBD-II port of any vehicle but has discontinued it. By "unlimited", it means the first 22GB are not throttled for each billing cycle; I have used up to 30GB a month and so far experienced no throttling. Throughput on the East Coast is limited by high network latency - everything goes through Jasper Technology's datacenter in Santa Clara, CA - nevertheless I generally get ~10 Mbps and up to 20 Mbps download speed.

mcrompton

Accord07

The data allowance is 3GB within 30 days for RDX, whichever is reached first. It was 3GB within 90 days when I bought my van last year. It is in AT&T's interest not to throttle, when they try to get paying customers. I had the same speed during the trial and after the trial. I drive the van loaded with people for long road trips frequently, video streaming consumes data quickly; if I were just using a vehicle for daily commute, I will not be able to use that much data - AT&T is counting on that to improve their profit margin.

Dizzyg12