i have a Go 60 that i'm disappointed with in that it uses bluetooth tethering for traffic update. for the US market, this is a costly option because most cellular provider charges extra for this feature nowadays. for example, Cricket Wireless charges, i believe, $10 per month just to enable this feature on their cell phone. if i need to pay $10 per month to use Tomtom, i might as well just use my cell phone, or switch to Garmin for my navigation.
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Superuser
There's the other option of receiving data through a tethered wi-fi connection, however I suspect that would be even more expensive on your phone's plan.
Superuser
Seems you only other option is the Traffic Receiver/ Charger.
https://www.tomtom.com/en_us/drive/accessories/chargers-cables/traffic-receiver/
Doug
Superuser
I am in the UK and we do not seem to have the charging structure you have for data. SHMBO has a phone with Unlimited calls, and Texts with 2gb of data per month and it costs £5. There is no charge for using it as a data source for a Tomtom.
One other option you could use on one of the later models is possibly a Mifi. I recently had a problem with the inbuilt Mobile sim on my Tomtom failing to work as there was a problem with the TT servers and they would not connect to the units via that facility for a few hours. I have a Mifi which I turned on and connected it via the Wifi on the GO 5200 and instantly I got Traffic data. The reason I did it was at the time where I was there was Traffic chaos because of major road works and a Premier League Football match involving Manchester United. The roads were gridlocked but the Tomtom helped get me around the problem once I logged on using the Mifi.
We can buy Data sims that have 25gb and last a year and they would be covered by about 3 months of your $10 costs and would easily do a years Traffic data. Is that a cheaper option for you ?
Doug.