Chrysler to Offer In-Car Internet This Year

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Chrysler will start providing in-car internet access later this year, reports the Washington Post. It sounds like they'll be licensing some flavor of 3G cellular internet, then distributing the connection in the car via Wi-Fi. A monthly service fee would be required "initially," but it's not difficult to think that in the near future the cost of always-on internet could be baked in the price of the car itself. I'd pay another $1,000 or more to know that my car would always be a hotspot.

Chrysler Plans In-Car Web Access This Year [WashingtonPost.com]

[#1 posted by smharr4 , March 24, 2008 3:00 PM]

Why not just get a stompbox (http://www.stompboxnetworks.com/) instead?

[#2 posted by Fnarf , March 24, 2008 6:13 PM]

When is Chrysler going to come out with energy-efficient models? Cars that get less than 35-40 MPG are obsolete. I don't care what kind of internet I get if I have to drive a 20th-century behemoth like the 300 to get it.

[#3 posted by Mister Staal , March 24, 2008 6:38 PM]

I'm all for technology but part of me has to wonder if drivers can handle another distraction. Cell phones are bad enough...