Change Rivian SIM card? (for overseas use)

[rivian_germany]

I know it's a long shot, but has anyone done some digging to see if the Rivian has a SIM card for LTE, and possibly trying to swap it? For us overseas folks who don't have any connectivity..

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[kanundrum]

Its E-Sim, apparently they will address this in upcoming months.

 

[Deleted member 7086]

Any indication you will be able to change cell carriers in the US?

 

[pc500]

Any indication you will be able to change cell carriers in the US?

Unlikely, due to the cell bands of the hardware not being optimized for what the other major carriers relay on for rural coverage.

Having said that, att is actually one of the more solid options for consistent national coverage.

 

[HaveBlue]

Unlikely, due to the cell bands of the hardware not being optimized for what the other major carriers relay on for rural coverage.

Having said that, att is actually one of the more solid options for consistent national coverage.

4g pretty much changed that. I've used Att phones on Verizon and Verizon phones on TMO. Works just fine and they all work overseas as well. Usually get 5g also. It's really only a matter of rivian not sim locking the modem and giving us a sim configuration page. My ten year old Audi was also Att and I dropped in a British pay as you go card that used TMO towers without trouble. Hopefully they'll stay adventurous!

 

[pc500]

4g pretty much changed that. I've used Att phones on Verizon and Verizon phones on TMO. Works just fine and they all work overseas as well. Usually get 5g also. It's really only a matter of rivian not sim locking the modem and giving us a sim configuration page. My ten year old Audi was also Att and I dropped in a British pay as you go card that used TMO towers without trouble. Hopefully they'll stay adventurous!

Modern consumer flagship phones, perhaps.

Most mainstream phones from 3-4 years ago don't have the right bands, and that's the development lifecycle of automotive IOT. IE: (600 mhz LTE) which t-mobile uses for rural areas is not supported by Rivian's modem and would lead to large gaps of coverage that your iphone would work at. Verizon has some reliance on Band 66 (1700 mhz) for speed which is another oddball and their nationwide 700mhz deployment is only 10mhz and relatively slow to rely on for media streaming.

ATT AT&T Is the only one with nationwide Band 2/4/12 deployment of LTE and that matches up well with the bands indicated on the FCC certification sheet for the modem Rivian used. Much of this is those deployments were made 5-10 years ago.

 

[Supratachophobia]

I know it's a long shot, but has anyone done some digging to see if the Rivian has a SIM card for LTE, and possibly trying to swap it? For us overseas folks who don't have any connectivity..

-Crossposted-

E-sim I believe

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