aside from satellite radio, what's the next best thing?

Discussion in 'Trucking Electronics, Gadgets and Software Forum' started by thealfa, Nov 21, 2014.

  1. FatDaddy

    FatDaddy Road Train Member

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    i tried hooking it up inside the cab. Worked for the most part but when I lost signal it would be for long periods of time usually during an extremely funny Howard bit, so I bit the bullet and bought the mushroom looking antenna and mounted by the passenger side mirror. Haven't lost signal for more than a second or two and very rarely
     
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    joseph1135 Papa Murphy

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    Mine works better like this. When I had it mounted on the roof, I would constantly lose signal. Since I moved it in here, no problems. I have a T700, where there is really no good place to mount an antenna anyway. And Bababooey to you all!
     
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    oh but it does! I'm grandfathered in on Verizons old unlimited text, talk and data plan. :)

    i had 136 gb worth of downloads last month.

    been downloading Breaking Bad and Gotham to watch in my laptop.

    [​IMG]
     
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    Personally, I haven't paid full price in years. When my subscription expires I call and offer to pay $100 for another 12 months up front. So far it's worked for the last 4 years. It's actually $107 and change after tax.
     
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    My Garmin GPS has XM built in, only 1 ive ever seen like that(Streetpilot 7200). It has a weather map,traffic, and live stock quotes..The GPS is not truck specific so its used as a tool like its meant. Ive had XM for almost 8 yrs now, couldnt live without it. I also own about 50k shares in the company so sign your butt up and contribute to my nest egg :p
     
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    Xm built in the GPS, don't you have to pay the monthly fee for XM or are you set for life? Are you talking about Garmin stocks? I figured they were falling considering people use GPS on their phones now.

     
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    I'm guessing he's talking Sirus-XM as 50k shares there would be 160k or so. If he has 50k shares with Garmin he's worth over about 3 million right now and I'm not sure what he's doing on here or in a truck LOL.
     
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    They never call or emailed you?
    Most I've been up to is around 60 gigs.
     
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    Yes I still have to pay for the service and the extras. Best of Sirius for football, traffic and weather are extra. My shares are in SIRI, got in back around 2008-2009 when it was dirt cheap. Riding that wave!
     
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    Did the same in a T680 .. over the currain on the driver side .. there's a cabinet with a shelf to set it on.. worked very well.. til i got burnt out on the air play.. the news channels are ok.. don't use it anymore