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No Tethering Option for iPhone 3G

Saturday June 14, 2008 4:16 pm PDT by Arnold Kim
iPhoneAtlas received confirmation from AT&T that there will be no laptop tethering option for the iPhone 3G. With many existing Smartphones, customers can connect their phone to their laptop for use as a 3G modem. This is commonly described as "tethering" and allows individuals to use their phone's 3G connection from their laptop.

AT&T will not be supporting a [Phone-as-Modem] plan for the iPhone 3G. The only available data plan for the iPhone will be the new $30 consumer unlimited data and visual voice mail plan and the $45 business data plan.

Apple will be launching the iPhone 3G on July 11th.
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italiano40
Posted: 52 months ago
This is a big disappointment
this one of the best options that a smartphone could have and for the iphone 3g not to have it will make it for me not to buy it
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clevin
Posted: 52 months ago
well, no hack available for this?

Anyway, +1 for others, -1 for iPhone.
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GenericUsername
Posted: 52 months ago
This is so significant, I find it strange that AT&T hasn't disclosed this to any other news outlets already.
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friekunater
Posted: 52 months ago
well tethering would be nice but I could care less... I don't even have a laptop and if I did I would have wi-fi nearly all the time.. definitely not a deal-breaker
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mashinhead
Posted: 52 months ago
i understand that they don't build it in, but i don't understand how they can prevent someone else from doing it, the phone clearly isn't crippled to send and recieve data, tethering would just be a matter of getting the phone and computer to communicate, which they don't have any control over
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.Andy
Posted: 52 months ago
Surely this is no surprise to anyone. Although a nice dream, the provision of unrestricted, unlimited, high-speed, tethered internet via 3G is still a long way off (if ever).
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iJon
Posted: 52 months ago
There are already hackjobs out there that allow you to do this. None of them are convenient but exists none the less.

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Me1000
Posted: 52 months ago
well the ability to tether would have almost made the $10 price increase worth it... :rolleyes:
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LVdustin
Posted: 52 months ago
I can't complain...AT&T is giving us free Wifi in their hotspot areas, So who cares about the tethering. I am excited to walk into starbucks and actually utilize their Wifi instead of bugging my friends for their login information. Never tethered before, and I don't really care in the first place.
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Metatron
Posted: 52 months ago
It does not matter is AT&T supports it or not. It will be an available option for anyone that wants it. Apple has tried to stop this by crippling the bluetooth stack for the iphone and only support headsets. But as long as there is WiFi, you will be able to hack it into being a sudo router.

You pay for a service, that service is yours to do with as you please. I bought this much service for MY use and I will use it on myself as I please. Of course all the laws of the land have tried to convience us that even though we own the movie, we can not make a backup to protect or investement. Though we own the song we can not put it on our iPod. Wireless providers sale unlimited service and then cut you off and try to redefine the term unlimited.

Everyday we let people take our rights one clause at a time.
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