The stand alone units, at least for Garmin are fed off of MSN. Nuff
said on THAT. Tom Tom has their own service
and I haven't tried it but I understand it's free if you buy their
specialized charging plug.
-aki
On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 8:53 AM, Wayne
Edelen<
happyscrappyheropup@...> wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 8:41 AM, Aki Damme<
01dyna@...> wrote:
>
>> I wouldn't subscribe to traffic/weather. The weather can be heard off WTOP
>> and traffic changes so rapidly that the
>> service can't keep up with it. The only things that traffic is good for is
>> extended accidents or contruction...both of
>> which you'll hear on the radio or already know.
>
>
> If you're listening to sat radio or your ipod, you wouldn't hear
> anything about local traffic incidents or construction. I don't know
> how the stand alone units work, but my wife's car has real time
> traffic and it works well. Coupled with the nav, it alerts you to
> incidents and provides suggested routes to avoid them.
>
> -- Wayne
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