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  1. What is the warranty on 3000/4000/3500 devices and what happens if a unit dies in the thirteenth month?
  2. Can devices be seasonally deactivated?
  3. What happens when a device is out of warranty and it fails?
  4. Can successive "next calls" be pushed to a Garmin, rather than an entire route being pushed at the same time?
  5. How long will I have access to reporting data?
  6. Will I be able to go back further if I need data from 6 months ago?
  7. Are there any plans to allow customers access to store their own data going back a longer period of time?
  8. What is the upper time threshold in which an alert can be configured for this alert?
  9. I would like to have GPS and Messaging to monitor my drivers activities and dispatch some stops and changes, however, the monthly expenses are too high for us right now.
  10. My drivers are paid based on the amount of time they are driving on the road. How can GPS tell me if they were wasting time by driving around aimlessly to add more time?
  11. Can I take a GPS unit out of a vehicle and move it to a new vehicle if we retire one of the trucks so we don't have to purchase a new one?
  12. Can I have different units for different applications on the same map; i.e. vehicle tracking, equipment tracking and trailer tracking?
  13. Can the GPS Insight system tell me if the driver didnt follow the route that was dispatched to him?
  14. Can your solution track trailers dropped off onto construction sites?
  15. We allow some personal use of the vehicles and no out of state use. How can we monitor for excessive personal use or out of state use?
  16. Can I access the software from my home computer?
  17. Can I use your system as a time clock for employees who leave home and go directly to the jobsite and then back home?
  18. Our vehicles belong to different departments of the company; i.e. sales, delivery and service. Can I view my vehicles only on the map?
  19. How can I see which employees are idling too long?
  20. Can the GPS unit for the vehicle be placed on a backhoe?
  21. How do I keep the data from the reports should I need to refer to them at a later date?
  22. Do I have choices for the symbols used for the vehicles on the map?
  23. My lease with my current provider ends soon. I don't like having to call a customer service person and then have to wait for a day or two. Can you turn this around quicker?
  24. Can you message the driver with changes to his route?
  25. What happens if I need to replace a unit right after the one year warranty period?
  26. Do you have DOT compliant drivers logs?
  27. Our limo drivers do a lot of airport runs and we want to monitor the location and if the passenger doors opened/closed. Can your system support that?
  28. Can I monitor fuel usage and mileage in an effort to reduce fuel?
  29. Can I integrate your system with my motocross dirt bike, (I already have the Garmin)?
  30. I switched my GO-3000 to another vehicle, how do I change the information?
  31. Regarding the GO-3000 - is there a way to detect and report when our vehicles are put in 4 wheel drive? And if so, 4lo, 4hi?
  32. Can you set up permissions and groups so that certain people only see their vehicles?
  33. Do you work with installers?
  34. Is the GPSI-4000 the best unit for basic tracking if I really don't need to run any switches?
  35. Do you charge Non-Profit businesses sales tax?
  36. Is there tax on the monthly services?
  37. Does GPS Insight offer a discount for community involved non-profit businesses?
  38. Do you have a local representative to do the installations and show us how to use the software?
  39. Can you accept auto pay via debit or credit card for monthly services?
  40. Will GPS data hold up in court?
  41. Is there any discount on our vehicle insurance if we install GPS hardware?
  42. Can I wire a kill-switch to the unit?
  43. Can I buy a unit for my family vehicles?
  44. When will the vehicles Attributes be ready for use? I really need to track my inventory that I have on my trucks.
  45. Could I put a EZ-1000 on my dog's collar? (Apparently the dog gets out of the back yard often and sometimes does not come home for a few days at a time)
  46. Can reports be run automatically?
  47. Can your solution send alerts to a cell phone?
  48. What do the different colors represent on the dashboard?
  49. Can different make/models of units be used in conjunction with one another?
  50. Can reports/alerts be run for the entire fleet or single vehicles only?
  51. Is there a vehicle maintenance report available within the solution?
  52. What mapping do you utilize?
  53. Can multiple users access the account from different locations?
  54. How accurate are the tracking units?
  55. Is it possible for the units to monitor how much gas was purchased at a station?
  56. Will I be notified when a vehicle enters a certain location and when it leaves as well?
  57. Who installs the hardware?
  58. Is there software involved?
  59. Do we have to purchase Garmin PNDs from GPS Insight?
  60. How many assets does GPS Insight currently track?
  61. Can you track outside the U.S.?
  62. How long has GPS Insight been in business?
  63. Are we able to use hardware not provided by GPS Insight?
  64. How long does GPS Insight store data?
  65. How long will it take to get up and running?
  66. Do you offer messaging?
  67. Any activation fees?
  68. Will I see a bill from AT&T for usage?
  69. What is your contract length?
  70. Are geofences retroactive?
  71. Do we report speeding relative to posted speed limits?
  72. Sensors to detect refrigerator doors open?
  73. Have remote diagnostics?
  74. Fuel consumption data?
  75. Offer routing?
  76. Can Landmarks be sent to PNDs?
  77. Do you offer XML feeds?
  78. Fees for APIs?
  79. Support details/hours/costs?
  80. Is support done in-house?
  81. Can users set up different levels of permissions, by managerial level, etc?
  82. DOT-compliant driver logs?
  83. Offer CDMA?
  84. SMS alerts for speeding, idling, etc?
  85. Charge for SMS alerts?
  86. How precise are locations/addresses?
  87. Can you work with our existing hardware?
  88. How far back to reports go?
  89. Can speed reports apply only to a Geofence?
  90. Maximum # of landmarks supported?
  91. Why was my mechanic unable to pull a CDTC which was shown in our system?
  92. Why is the Time on the DER usually such a high #?
  93. Can the DER be scheduled?
  94. Do you offer laptop connectivity?
  95. Do you offer seatbelt sensors?
  96. Hard acceleration & rapid braking?
  97. How do geofences & landmarks differ?
  98. Is there a limit to the number of Landmarks you can create in the GPSI solution?
  99. Do you have a referral program? If so, what does it entail?
  100. Can I change the shape of my icons?
  101. What do the different color dots mean?
  102. I currently have the 3500 hardware installed in my vehicles. When I click on mapping, it says Im not authorized to use that mapping. Whats up?
  103. Can the units be swapped from vehicle to vehicle?
  104. I have a 30 day demo but the 2D & 3D mapping was unavailable after 15 days?
  105. What does a trip constitute in the Google Earth History folders?
  106. Can I play the history back in movie format?
  107. Can the unit be installed so that the employee does not know its there?
  108. Do you have hardware with internal antennas rather than external antennas?
  109. Can I track my (husband/wife/girlfriend/boyfriend/daughter/son/etc.) with your solution?
  110. Im currently on 2 minute updates. Can I change that to 1 minute updates?
  111. How soon will I have the hardware in-hand after I order the units?
  112. Are the units shipped active or do I need to have them activated before I install them?
  113. When is Tech Support available?
  114. Does your solution offer scheduled reports? What about alerts?
  115. Does all of the hardware available through GPS Insight offer Diagnostics?
  116. Im looking for a basic tracking solution with good mapping. I have no need for Routing, Garmin integration, etc. What would you recommend?
  117. My unit is no longer reporting and the lights are not flashing. The unit seems dead. Any ideas?
  118. Which Garmin models do you support?
  119. Can my company lease with anyone?
  120. Can I choose the landmarks I want to see on the map?
  121. My trucks always idle so why do I need the idle alert/report?
  122. I only want to see the speeding on the city streets not the freeways.
  123. I want to trade in units?
  124. I want to create users in different levels for different departments?
  125. Can you do any better on pricing?
  126. Can I have my installers do the job?
  127. If someone steals the unit(s) can they still be used?
  128. Why did you go with Garmin?
  129. Why can't I have diagnostics on all my vehicles?
  130. When does your mapping update?
  131. Can I buy the units in groups so I don't have to pay it all upfront and still get the discount?
  132. Why don't you fly out in person for the training?
  133. How much training are we allowed?
  134. Can anyone just call in and ask for information on my account?
  135. What kind of phone do I need for the messaging and to see the maps?
  136. Can I setup seasonal service?
  137. Where can the unit be hidden?
  138. Why would I lose the warranty on the unit if I wasn't the one who broke the unit?
  139. Can I be alerted if a seatbelt is not buckled?
  140. Can I disable the vehicle if the seatbelt is not buckled?