Comments on: Rumor: AT&T Considering Reducing iPhone Tethering Plan to $10?

By: Tyler

Tyler — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 22:44:27 +0000

Screw 10 dollars, for all we pay, it should be included!!!

By: ecedano06

ecedano06 — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 05:32:14 +0000

hey why not try it today help.benm.at/help.php if you go to that website from your iphone you could enable tethering on your iphone i tried it on my last billing cycle and At&t did not charge me for it .. i just recomend not to abuse it

By: GregC

GregC — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 03:34:41 +0000

Spend a couple of minutes with google and you'll find the 3.0 app that will install internet tethering in your network settings. It works, no jailbreaking required. But read the AT&T terms of service; use of a data session for tethering is explicitly excluded. The tethering app provider cautions that they have no idea how use may affect your AT&T bill.

This is no surprise to me. Cellular data network build outs are expensive and the systems are not designed to provide anything like traditional broadband bandwidth or speed. They would fail if asked to support traditional broadband internet usage patterns.

I'd pay $10/mo for tethering. I used to pay $30/month to tether my HTC Windows Mobile device and I suspect I still would if I hadn't switched to an iPhone a while back.

As an exercise, spend some time looking at cellular data plans and TOS in Europe. The AT&T terms won't look so onerous ...

By: James

James — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 23:49:29 +0000

They need to try and keep it around 10$ …. If they don’t your better off getting a miFi for alittle more and you might be better off

By: Dave

Dave — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 21:16:56 +0000

I think $10 sounds way better than $30 but considering that no one else is paying Extra for tethering I don’t see the need for people in the u.s. To do it. I mean we pay $30 bucks already and it’s suppost to be unlimited data.

By: toneman88

toneman88 — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 15:14:43 +0000

I would absolutely pay another $10/month for tether. Better than $30, wayyyy better than the initially-speculated $70/month (are you freakin’ KIDDING me?!). With as much as I’m out of the office and away from Wi-Fi networks, this would be a lifesaver for my job.

By: Theiphoneowner

Theiphoneowner — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 16:18:43 +0000

Don’t you get it? AT&T will turn on tethering when the new 7.2 hsdpa towers turn on so the 3g s doesn’t kill the 3g network, and so it is faster. As for 10 bucks, if it is month by month then I will be on it whenever I need tethering and pay the ten with a smile.

By: Dave

Dave — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 17:15:30 +0000

$10 for sure. Anything more than $10, no way! The data plan is already insanely expensive.

By: joshua

joshua — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 22:12:48 +0000

Apple is not restricting tethering at all…it is being offered in other countries, so don’t try to put it on Apple. This is an AT&T SCREWUP and people need to remember that you already have unlimited data on your phone…so why can’t you just display that same information on your computer monitor through tethering!?

DUH! I am not paying extra for it…

By: brandon

brandon — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 19:31:31 +0000

thats a way better deal then what i was offered at the att store where i live. they were wanting 60 dollars more added to my 30 i pay for the data package