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Problem is mainly in sparse cell phone areas, but others as well. Of course this is because the unit uses Cell towers to triangulate positions so no or weak towers, no GPS. This company told me that any satellite based stuff becomes unaffordable for a small company. Anyone using something else that will show the unit position within say 1min that is still affordable? 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I was in South Dakota, called in , dispatcher asked where I was but those to many miles I couldn't tell him what town I was near. He told me exactly wherei was. Then I remembered. The only problem was when I was in northern Alberta, then the system said I was way off. Bad triangulation. Other than that It was good . Good luck.. Jeff", "contentHtml": "I don't know how expensive they are.. But have you tried Qualcomm? I know alot of companies use them. And they are very close on the truck locations. When I was with Schneider Specialized we had them . I was in South Dakota, called in , dispatcher asked where I was but those to many miles I couldn't tell him what town I was near. He told me exactly wherei was. Then I remembered. The only problem was when I was in northern Alberta, then the system said I was way off. Bad triangulation. Other than that It was good . Good luck.. 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LOOKING FOR A BETTER TRUCK TRACKING GPS

At this time I have Live View GPS. While the cost is ok, the tracking freezes up and is very unreliable. It might show a truck in Bakerfield Ca and the truck is verifiably in Tehachapi, Ca or worse. Problem is mainly in sparse cell phone areas, but others as well. Of course this is because the unit uses Cell towers to triangulate positions so no or weak towers, no GPS. This company told me that any satellite based stuff becomes unaffordable for a small company. Anyone using something else that will show the unit position within say 1min that is still affordable?

Thanks Art Pfluger

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