1005 HD Traffic USELESS (and now older models too!)

AndyVaughan · Posted: Fri Aug 19, 2011 4:21 pm Post subject:

Another update from Kenneth

DennisN · Posted: Fri Aug 19, 2011 11:12 pm Post subject:

AndyVaughan · Posted: Sat Aug 20, 2011 11:22 am Post subject:

Not good is it really.

Apparently 'taking it seriously' means fobbing off with lame excuses and delaying tactics in TT speak.

Best not post that on the TT forum or Kex will get on his/her high horse and accuse me of being corrosive, subversive or something similar and lowering the tone of the wonderful TT support forum.

DennisN · Posted: Sat Aug 20, 2011 12:54 pm Post subject:

Couple of oddities about the TT Discussions Forum.

1. That thread about the reduced range, I have to log on EVERY time I go there. With all other threads, I don't have to logon, it remembers me (same ID and password). Why is the unwelcome topic so hard to post in?

2. I'd have thought that if TT set up a forum of this nature, they'd try to answer questions and problems. But the number of threads where they contribute nothing at all is alarming - why setup a forum hosted by TT and not give useful help, advice and answers? How long do unanswered questions last on PGPSW Forum?
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M8TJT · Posted: Sat Aug 20, 2011 1:42 pm Post subject:

Isn't it strange that the two highest posting topics on the "LIVE Services, HD Traffic and other Services" part of TT forums is "HD Traffic range now reduced fo ALL Tomtoms" with 230 posts and "No HD traffic for a month" a close second Rolling Eyes

with 63 posts. I wonder if there is a theme developing here about HD Traffic Very Happy

At least we only have 22 pages about it here.

DennisN · Posted: Sat Aug 20, 2011 2:12 pm Post subject:

Lets cool it down a bit please - I've just realised the TomTom Support Forum is for users to support TomTom.
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IanS100 · Posted: Sat Aug 20, 2011 4:19 pm Post subject:

"TomTom Support Forum" there's another TT oxymoron

DennisN · Posted: Sat Aug 20, 2011 8:53 pm Post subject:

Stop it, you naughty persons. I'll set kex on you. Evil or Very Mad

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M8TJT · Posted: Sat Aug 20, 2011 9:28 pm Post subject:

Antoeknee · Lifetime Member Joined: Jul 29, 2005 Posts: 267

Just a bit confused by the range that HD is using.

Just looking at my 550 and at the moment I can see Traffic as far away as Darlington (from Oldham) for instance.

Now this is 72 miles as the crow flies or about 100 miles by road.

Antoeknee · Lifetime Member Joined: Jul 29, 2005 Posts: 267

Another I've just checked is Wansford near Peterborough

97 miles as the crow flies and 137 miles by road.

AndyVaughan · Posted: Sun Aug 21, 2011 10:31 am Post subject:

Mine seems to vary as well - some days it is 75 miles as the crow flies, others close to the 100 miles.

I have a feeling TT are playing about behind the scenes to see what happens if they up the range to 100 miles.

Guivre46 · Posted: Sun Aug 21, 2011 10:54 am Post subject:

They originally said that they cut the range because of the system being overwhelmed by the number of reports last Winter. Seems to me that they could keep a 100+ miles range under normal circumstances, but when the nation is under several feet of snow reduce the range by quite a lot, as going 10 miles will be quite a challenge anyway.
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Andy_P · Posted: Sun Aug 21, 2011 3:07 pm Post subject:

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