Slow hotspot wifi speed

[kyunam]

When my iPhone is connected to Rivian hotspot, I find the speed is slow.

Do you experience the same?

Thanks!

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[kozak79]

When my iPhone is connected to Rivian hotspot, I find the speed is slow.

Do you experience the same?

Thanks!

It's only 4g, so if you have been used to 5g or 5gUW, 4g would seem slow.

 

[UnsungZero_OldTimeAdMan]

It's only 4g, so if you have been used to 5g or 5gUW, 4g would seem slow.

Isn’t that funny? Back when 4g was new, no one thought it was slow.

 

[devildog125]

That’s bc the Gen 1 infotainment system has a Snapdragon 820 that was released in 2015? It’s never gonna be fast as compared to today’s standards and the more updates you pile onto it, it’s gonna get worse. But “unlimited hotspot” for $150 a year….

 

[kyunam]

That’s bc the Gen 1 infotainment system has a Snapdragon 820 that was released in 2015? It’s never gonna be fast as compared to today’s standards and the more updates you pile onto it, it’s gonna get worse. But “unlimited hotspot” for $150 a year….

I sometimes wish the circuit boards (& cameras) are swappable for the upgrade.

 

[Johnus]

When my iPhone is connected to Rivian hotspot, I find the speed is slow.

"Slow" is very subjective. The hotspot in my 2021 Audi Q5e maxes out at about 1.5 Mbps down. I'd consider that to be slow. A few weeks ago I tested the hotspot in a Gen 2 R1T and got about 125 Mbps down. That should be more than fast enough for most people's needs, even with a few devices sharing the bandwidth.

 

[evforthewin]

When my iPhone is connected to Rivian hotspot, I find the speed is slow.

Do you experience the same?

Thanks!

Just depends on your mobile service provider. I have Spectrum (runs on Verizon network) and I get 5G to 5GB, then it slows to, I presume, 4G/LTE. They have another plan to gives you up to 10GB of 5G before slowing down, but it's $10 more per month. At that point, Connect+ makes more sense since it's unlimited and also has additional features.

 

[BCondrey]

I get between 10MB and 80MB. Plenty for what I need. I've done Teams calls over it with a strong signal. Get the speedtest app to check it.

 

[Electrified Outdoors]

Speed will vary greatly depending on location and number of users on the tower at the time. Its the AT&T network. To my understanding, as was already mentioned, its LTE so no 5G so it will be slower than some of the latest devices on the market today. Its still fine though in most cases unless of course your in a poor coverage area and/or there are a ton of users on the tower that your on.

 

[irvineboy]

Yeah it’s slow for my iPhone also. I’m in CA and wondering how we are paying for this slow service.

 

[Zoidz]

Yeah it’s slow for my iPhone also. I’m in CA and wondering how we are paying for this slow service.

Not sure what you mean by "how we are paying for this slow service."

Rivian uses the AT&T IOT Network, which is different from the Mobile Phone network. Rivian's devices are 4G/LTE, not 5G, so it operates at LTE speeds. That's what we are paying for.

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