A Wireless Hotspot For Your Car — Why Not?

nk497 writes "UK mobile operator 3 has unveiled a wireless hotspot for cars. It's essentially a repackaged version of their MiFi wireless router, which lets users create their own wireless hotspot using the 3G network. While drivers will hopefully steer away from using the web at the wheel, 3 predicts the mobile hotspot will let passengers entertain themselves as well as offer a hookup to email, music and traffic data."

With the new UK legislation

[Anonymous Coward]

Does "three strikes" shut off your car?

Extreme!

[stimpleton]

Awesome! You could steer your car with one hand while holding a game controller in the other while playing a friend. Double points if its a driving game.

Re:Dodge

[oldspewey]

Yeah, but this means you have to drive a Dodge.

Re:Car hotspot?

[garcia]

Why? Because when I'm driving 27 hours to the beach from Minnesota I'll want true Internet access in my car, not just my iPhone?

Re:Car hotspot?

[Monkeedude1212]

Hey, don't knock on us if we want to have a beach lan party.

Re:Dodge

[Pojut]

"'Dodge' is the perfect word to put on the front of a van comin' at ya. If it says 'Ram' on the side, they're after your ass." -Gallagher

I need a bigger boat

[maxrate]

I've been waiting for the day where I can finally congest a road and a 3G network simultaneously!

Re:O goody

[Angst Badger]

I foresee people getting rear-ended because the idiot behind them was tailgating to get a better signal off their unsecured AP. It'll give "wardriving" a whole new meaning.

Re:Car hotspot?

[Monkeedude1212]

Minnesota has that effect on people.

Re:Sign me up

[__aasqbs9791]

It can even be more handy while you're driving. I mean, trying to hold the laptop with one hand, while typing with the other and steering with one knee while using the other to shift gears is such a pain in the ass!

Does this mean

[British]

Will people be moving their houses around parking lots to scan for open Wifi spots?

Re:Sign me up

[Shakrai]

It's also handy for keeping track of your beer cans and half smoked bowls of weed too ;)

What's the difference between a stoned driver and a drunk driver? A drunk driver blows through the stop sign without even slowing down. The stoned driver stops at the stop sign and waits for it to turn green.

Re:Does this mean

[catbertscousin]

What the - my car battery is dead for the third time this week?? Man, I gotta change my MiFi password again. I guess "cowboynealzcar" just won't do it.

Re:Car hotspot?

[BobMcD]

If you've got people at your beach party asking where they can go to check their email, you're doing it wrong.

What if they're livestreaming the video and vlogging it to all their Facebook pals?

Re:Car hotspot?

[BobMcD]

Maybe, maybe not, but it says nothing about the quality of the party at all.