£20 to Sony for ITIS?

Berisford · Regular Visitor Joined: Mar 13, 2004 Posts: 97

I've just bought a 92TW and I'm not happy that the traffic information needs a £20 subscription. Nowhere on the Sony site, or elsewhere for that matter, does it mention £20!

Anyone paid the £20?

Is it worth it?

swing · Posted: Sun Oct 28, 2007 1:36 pm Post subject:

The Sony UK site seems quite clear to me:

GPS_fan · Posted: Sun Oct 28, 2007 5:07 pm Post subject:

I don't know why the manufacturers don't all just include TMC in the purchase price of the unit.

After all, TMC on their units is tied so it's not as though the end user has a choice of which provider they use with their unit.
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swing · Posted: Sun Oct 28, 2007 5:27 pm Post subject:

Yes, I must admit this does seem a little strange - presumably it means Sony only pass on the cost to the traffic provider when users sign up, instead of having to pay for every potential user, whether they use it or not.

Of course, given there is an explicit fee for the function, I would at least expect it to work properly...
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Berisford · Regular Visitor Joined: Mar 13, 2004 Posts: 97

Berisford · Regular Visitor Joined: Mar 13, 2004 Posts: 97

Well I paid 'em anyway and the thing seems to pick up from Classic, Smooth and Trent in my North Notts area.

Not seen any 'alerts' yet, just road works.

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