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- Why are data services important to Ford vehicle owners?
- Data services enhance the driving experience by providing valuable driving or entertainment information with a minimal amount of driver distraction.
- Whether it's understanding the current traffic conditions on a daily commute; reviewing a three-plus-day weather forecast; identifying and automatically navigating to the best gas pricing on your current route; displaying movie times and locations; or seeing how your favorite sports teams performed, the SIRIUS on Ford data service package provides you up-to-the-minute information.
- Data service content is easily accessed by using the menu options on your radio.
- What is the cost of the services to the Ford vehicle owner?
- SIRIUS Travel Link is only available when the appropriate navigation and SIRIUS audio package is purchased, a six-month Sirius Travel Link data package is included as part of the package.
- After the six-month package, you can purchase all 5 services for $6.99/month, with a SIRIUS audio subscription.
- Why is Sirius Travel Link the premier data service provider?
- SIRIUS is the only provider that offers uninterrupted, coast-to-coast coverage and it is not subject to limited signal range often found in analog or digital FM based broadcast systems.
- SIRIUS Travel Link offers the largest number of data services for in-vehicle usage and excellent data cycling times.
- No other service provider offers this distinct suite of data services.
- SIRIUS has aggregated a best-in-class data content suite consistent with its objective of offering only premium services and consistent with the Ford philosophy of offering only the best-in-class navigation-equipped vehicles.
- What's included in the data service package?
- Real-time traffic information for over 78 markets.
- Coast-to-coast weather conditions and up to five-day forecasts.
- Gas prices offered from approx. 120,000 station locations.
- Movie play times, synopses and cinema locations for some 4,500 theaters.
- Sports score reporting of the NFL, MLB, NHL, NASCAR®, PGA GOLF and college sports, including football and basketball.
- What really brings the service home is the ability to automatically determine the best gas pricing in an area and have the touch-screen navigation system route you to that location.
- Who provides the data service content to the Ford vehicle?
- SIRIUS, through its Travel Link data package, was chosen as the content supplier for Ford vehicles.
- When will the service be offered on Ford vehicles?
- The first vehicles with Sirius Travel Link services will ship in model year 2009.
- How does the vehicle know to display the traffic market?
- Each vehicle is equipped with a global positioning system or GPS, which accurately determines where a vehicle is at all times. With virtually no assistance from the driver, the GPS system automatically scans the SIRIUS data feed and filters in only the data which pertains to that vehicle.
- How often is the traffic information updated?
- Traffic data is updated every 1.5 minutes.
- How many cities are covered in the SIRIUS traffic service?
- By the launch of the first Ford SIRIUS Travel Link enabled vehicle, over 78 of the top U.S. markets will be covered by Sirius Traffic.
- Do weather conditions affect data service reception?
- No, Sirius Travel Link services are unaffected by weather conditions, including snow or rain.
- Are you saying that the same service reception I enjoy from SIRIUS on their audio channels also applies to the Ford data service?
- Is the coverage nationwide?
- Yes, unlike other systems that rely on FM or cellular broadcasts with limited metro coverage, SIRIUS uses both its satellites to provide data to the vehicle for coast-to-coast coverage and superior signal acquisition.
- Will I be able to purchase just movie listings or movie listings and traffic, for example?
- No, Sirius Travel Link will only be offered in two packages: traffic only, and traffic, movies, weather, gas prices and sports score tracking.
- Once my six-month Ford subscription expires, how do I continue to receive my Sirius Travel Link services and what will it cost?
- After your Ford data service subscription expires, you can call SIRIUS and request to continue with the Travel Link service package. Pricing is $6.99/ month with a SIRIUS audio subscription.
- Is Ford the first to offer the Sirius Travel Link services?
- Yes, Ford is the first to offer the full suite of Sirius Travel Link data services.
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