Web News : Device Won't Work When Vehicle Is In Motion

Get Ready For The Web... In Your Car

DETROIT, Nov. 9, 2006

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Stephen Devine, an architect who owns several construction-related businesses, shows off the computer system installed in his RV, which relies on cell phone technology to connect to the Internet. (AP)

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The current price is $1,995 for the automotive version of TracNet, plus operating costs of about $70 to $90 per month.

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(AP) When Stephen Devine and his family drove from their home in Massachusetts to New York City, he spent two frustrating hours trying to find a place to park his 9-foot-high camper van, which won't fit in most garages.
In the end, his 17-year-old daughter found a place to park online - and she didn't even have to leave the van to do it.
Devine's van is equipped with TracNet, a system that allows passengers to access the Internet on a vehicle's video screens. Launched in September by Middletown, R.I.-based KVH Industries Inc., TracNet brings the Internet to the installed screens in a car, truck, RV or boat. It also turns the entire vehicle into a wireless hot spot, so passengers can use their laptops to go online.
Devine - who also purchased KVH's satellite TV system, called TracVision, when he bought his camper a month ago - said the value of in-vehicle Internet became obvious at that moment in New York.

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