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Yes, the future (and past? in this case) is dumb. Since this is a part of the built in SOS/Starlink system I bet it will even disable your ECU if you tamper with it or remove it. I remember reading something like that before.

Archive: https://archive.today/Stv1i

From the post: "Subaru partnered with a service called STARLINK which shares your location in the event of collisions, among other things. STARLINK intermittently tries to phone home by hitting 3G towers.

Now that 3G is shutting down, the digital communications module (DCM) gets stuck in an infinite loop"

Yes, the future (and past? in this case) is dumb. Since this is a part of the built in SOS/Starlink system I bet it will even disable your ECU if you tamper with it or remove it. I remember reading something like that before. Archive: https://archive.today/Stv1i From the post: "Subaru partnered with a service called STARLINK which shares your location in the event of collisions, among other things. STARLINK intermittently tries to phone home by hitting 3G towers. Now that 3G is shutting down, the digital communications module (DCM) gets stuck in an infinite loop"

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I still have a few 2G devices here, looking for replacements on those. I was using some Zoom 4G modems, but those lasted about a year before getting unreliable.