Dr_Evil

I just bought a previously owned A3 Prestige so I was not eligible for the free 6 month trial new owners get. I already have T-mobile on a family plan so I added a data only line for $10/month. That comes with 2GB LTE and throttled down after that. I simply told T-mobile it was for an ipad and they set me up. I inserted the regular, large size SIM into the glove box MMI box slot and everything now works. I had to select something in the setup - I chose the first option "mTm", or something like that within the Audi Connect menu. I then went to myaudi.com, set up my account with my car, selected "audi connect services", and was then brought to a window where I could link my vehicle with Audi with a code that I enter within the MMI menu. Anyway, I thought this is interesting to those thrown back by the high cost of the Audi service through ATT.

OneOfOne

except you can do the same thing with lte service using audi connect and att by adding the car to your plan. my total cost is just over 11 dollars per month and its far better than that broke mobile 2g crap.

Dr_Evil

I get T-mobile LTE speeds, not 2g. I'm not sure what you mean by adding audi connect as that is what I've done. I've only sidestepped the purchase of ATT through the dealership.

gamegenie

yeah, what's broke mobile 2G OneofOne?

superswiss

What he means is that if you have an AT&T Shared Data plan, you can add the car to it for $10/month. I have my RS5 on my AT&T plan for $10/months, albeit that's still 3G due to the older MMI, but just saying. The high cost for the individual plans is only if you are not already an AT&T customer. The T-Mobile plans cost more, too, if you can't add it to your existing plan and in case of T-Mobile, you actually have to sidestep them and tell them it's for an iPad or something in order to get the $10/month deal, whereas AT&T officially supports adding Audi connect to your existing plan for $10/month.

Available official T-Mobile and AT&T Audi connect data plans: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_P...ew?usp=sharing

gamegenie

Audi has finally created a $10 1GB Audi Connect plan that doesn't require a AT&T carrier.

I signed up.

But I just discovered that my Existing T-Mobile plan says that "You are eligible to add 11 voice and 5 tablet, hotspot, or wearable lines to your account."

So you know where I'm going next.


Looks like I chose what type I'm adding all on their website.

wtmeyer

Can you do something similar through Verizon?

superswiss

Not really. Only Verizon's LTE network is GSM based. They don't have GSM based 2G and 3G fallback networks if you drive in an area with no LTE coverage, so if you use a Verizon SIM you would only have service in areas where you have LTE coverage, but if you drive outside those areas you'll have no service at all, where as with AT&T and T-Mobile, the MMI can fall back to 3G and worst case 2G.

snagitseven

Further, while AT&T and Verizon share some of the same LTE bands, they don't share all of them. Depending on region, Verizon and AT&T focus on different bands that neither share with the other. It's probable in these instances that since Audi partners with AT&T, the car does not support the LTE band that Verizon favors and AT&T does not use. If in that situation, with a Verizon sim, you would receive no LTE and due to the lack of compatible 2G/3G fallback, you would get no service at all.