Future Proof Remote Connectivity

[apex96]

While there’s been much talk about the satellite connectivity previewed this week. There should be some though put to the cellular modems installed in modern vehicles… this subject has been touched on briefly in the thread discussing WiFi upgrade ability but that has more to to with in cabin data connectivity.

I’d like to see Scout make the cellular modems be an easy to swap piece. Having the modem be a swappable unit will help when we sunset 5G and move to 6G in the near future. Would hate to be left with no good solution to remotely connect to the vehicle via app, like was seen with some manufacturers with the sunsetting of 3G modems.

 

[MrZed411]

I want to second this and specifically add, allow the user to have the vehicle connect to the internet in whatever way they want! If I want to use a different cellular provider for having the vehicle connect, allow me to change a sim card or have a different esim. If I want to connect it to a Wi-Fi connection even driving down the road, allow me to do that. If I want to control that connectivity, allow it. Don't pinhole the connectivity of the vehicle to only the single phone provider that Scout wants to use.

I will also add, I know that there was the announced satellite connection announcement, it would be great if you could still have the vehicle work on 2 different connections at the same time, like 5g and the satellite connection or Wi-Fi and satellite etc. Allow the user options that truly connect us when we want to be connected even in the most remote places.

 

[TreeKiller]

While there’s been much talk about the satellite connectivity previewed this week. There should be some though put to the cellular modems installed in modern vehicles… this subject has been touched on briefly in the thread discussing WiFi upgrade ability but that has more to to with in cabin data connectivity.

I’d like to see Scout make the cellular modems be an easy to swap piece. Having the modem be a swappable unit will help when we sunset 5G and move to 6G in the near future. Would hate to be left with no good solution to remotely connect to the vehicle via app, like was seen with some manufacturers with the sunsetting of 3G modems.

This. I was crushed when 3G was sunset and I lost a number of features I regularly used in my '17 Jeep WK2, and I typically keep my cars for 10+ years, so I will own the Grand Cherokee for more time without those features than I did with them. I hope that the Scout
Traveler which I would also intend to own for 10+ years will be future proof in this sense.

 

[speedrye]

I fully support being upgradeable in this regard, but I'd also like the connection to be physically defeatable. My privacy and personal information is more important to me than having the vehicle connected to anything, and while Scout has touted privacy and not selling our information in the past, I do NOT want a vehicle that can be disabled remotely by a nefarious group/country.