Comments on: iPhone 3.0: Tethering Enabled

By: Richard Dominick

Richard Dominick — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 03:00:05 +0000

Hi all!....I don't believe tethering for every1 as downloading takes time and patience. i got it on laptop & desktop. But I also got the 3G stick way before tethering. that actually sucks paying the extra 3 yr agreement! but 1 gig for stick so they (Fido) agreed only $10 2 more gigs now 3. cuz I'm long trusted customer! I love to have 3Gs but have to wait. I also use wifi at cafe experiment speed or for videos if I fear going over but 6 gigs is far beyond my monthly usage! i only have 40 gigs hard drive computer and was sme with laptop until it "died' now got 160 gig luckily for good price. I'm in canada & it's sleep time now 11PM. Hope some replies! I read & learned lots from most U..thanks..

Richard

By: intellisync

intellisync — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 01:35:22 +0000

I agree there wouldn’t be much more burden on the network. Most iPhone users have it for its multimedia ability, social and entertainment value. They generally are watching videos, pictures, email, texting and listening to music. What frustrates me is that I downgraded to the iPhone from the AT&T 8525 with Windows Mobile 6. I had this HTC phone for 3 years and was very satisfied but decided to try the iPhone out. With the 8525 I had the capability of tethering and with special 3rd party software setup an access point to a mini wifi network using my unlimited data plan with AT&T. Purchased and installed MS Voice Command for total hands free dialing by depressing the button on my bluetooth headset device to initiate the call. All else was voice. This device may not be as good as the iPhone when it comes to music and videos but it had alot of other functionality that I found practical. So given that we already can use tethering with other smartphones and pc mobile devices on some carriers network makes one wonder when the heck is this all going to finally happen with the iPhone!!!!

By: Tether Cheater

Tether Cheater — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 01:29:12 +0000

This is scary. I went to http://help.benm.at/help.php and just followed the directions. I clicked on the AT&T logo to install the config settings, clicked install and when the pass code screen popped up I entered the passcode I had created for my iPhone. I again followed directions to enable tethering on my iPone = Settings > General > Network > Internet Tethering > On. In less than two minutes I was done. I plugged my iPhone into my PC with the USB connecting cable and my PC immediately recognized the iPhone and connected to the Internet through the iPhone.

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! OK does anyone really know if AT&T is going to send me a bill now for a zillion $$ for using a little tethering? !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I don’t plan to down load movies or massive files but sometimes use my laptop instead of the micro screen on the iPhone. If/when they allow tethering I’ll give them the $30 or so they plan to charge per month for the “extra” feature of tethering, but until then I want to use what I just did.

By: daTruth

daTruth — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 04:22:44 +0000

Wayne Says:

March 18th, 2009 at 2:57 pm

"It’s still going to be the same data usage. You can’t get more data by tethering than you can by simply using the Internet on your iPhone."

This is exactly correct. Tethering WILL NOT place a burden on AT&T's network if every iPhone owner starts using it. Any concerns from AT&T contrary to this are pure FUD just to make nore $ off iPhone users.

If AT&T does charge for tethering, it will be a bogus charge and customers should voice their complaints against this.

By: Jacob

Jacob — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 01:10:26 +0000

Ok AT&T sucks they have known about MMS and tethering coming to the iphone in the new 3.0 version and now here we are weeks after the 3.0 version release and we get nethier!!! And it makes absolutly no sense that i should have to pay to tether my internet to my laptop thats throwback lol! But seriously we are already paying outragous fee’s for the iphone data plan and now they want to make us pay more for internet tethering thats bull ****!!!!!! Blackberries are a good example they have free internet tethering why tha hell should we have to pay for internet tethering geez its so retarded!!!!!

By: cosmin

cosmin — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 16:10:31 +0000

be careful…after 3.0 OS update, VPN doesn’t work through PDANet.v1.53

By: candice

candice — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 13:09:56 +0000

PDANet version 1.53 does work on 3.0. No issues.

By: tim

tim — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 16:32:48 +0000

Does PDA net still work on Iphone 3.0? Has anyone tested this. Pleas only reply if you have done it. I want to upgrade, but won't until I know it works (i use it daily) thank you

tim

By: deadtom

deadtom — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 16:53:35 +0000

@CZroe

PdaNet is still free if you use version 1.33.

By: Shilo

Shilo — Thu, 07 May 2009 22:08:46 +0000

UPDATE for Tethering:

Celluar Data APN is wap.cingular with no username or password. Same as Visual Voicemail.