Canada MY18 C300 - Purpose of WiFi Hotspot???
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2018 C300
Canada MY18 C300 - Purpose of WiFi Hotspot???
I've had the car for a while but never understood the point of the WiFi hotspot feature? I can connect my phone to it but then what? Am I supposed to buy a data plan for the car but how? I know there was ONE time I was able to connect my phone to tether via Bluetooth and was able to share the Internet but it was ridiculously slow. Since then I haven't been able to connect my phone to be the data source but is that the purpose of this WiFi hotspot?! Can't be...can it?
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2015 C300 4Matic Sport
Yeah, MB wifi is slow and ancient.
Use an old android phone (add mint mobile sim) or buy one of those cheap Chinese 4G WiFi hotspots off Ebay, then get a T-Mobile or ATT sim if you need one.
Or just use your daily phone if it includes a hotspot data in your plan.
I have a Blackvue cloud dash camera, Tidal music player and android screen that all need WiFi sometimes.
Use an old android phone (add mint mobile sim) or buy one of those cheap Chinese 4G WiFi hotspots off Ebay, then get a T-Mobile or ATT sim if you need one.
Or just use your daily phone if it includes a hotspot data in your plan.
I have a Blackvue cloud dash camera, Tidal music player and android screen that all need WiFi sometimes.
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2021 c300 Cab. Arrived 7/28/21 . 24 GLE 450e.
I've had the car for a while but never understood the point of the WiFi hotspot feature? I can connect my phone to it but then what? Am I supposed to buy a data plan for the car but how? I know there was ONE time I was able to connect my phone to tether via Bluetooth and was able to share the Internet but it was ridiculously slow. Since then I haven't been able to connect my phone to be the data source but is that the purpose of this WiFi hotspot?! Can't be...can it?
