AT&T's iPhone Tethering Plan Details?

I would be willing to pay $5 or $10 per month for an "occasional user" data plan.
And I'm sure millions of other people would be interested in an "occasional user" data plan.
And AT&T needs to take into consideration that we are already paying $30/month for unlimited on our phones. Is a tethered setup going to increase speed/bandwidth? All it is going to do is make AT&T and iPhone more appealing than their competition.

Most of the time, I use the internet at home or at work. If I decide to hook my computer to my phone while I'm sitting in my car or at a restaurant, I'm only going to be using it for a few minutes; not for hours and hours. If someone is going to use it for "hours and hours," then they will simply purchase a larger data plan.
AT&T needs to realize that millions of people are not going to pay $30 for unlimited tethering, but they would pay $5 or $10 for a limited tethering plan. That's an additional millions in revenue every month in addition to the $30 plan.

I would be willing to pay $5 or $10 per month for an "occasional user" data plan.
And I'm sure millions of other people would be interested in an "occasional user" data plan.

but ATT isn't ...

If AT&T could price this below $30/month I think they'd get more iPhone users to tack on this option. Heck, more people may end up switching to AT&T, buy an iPhone, and then add this option.

Unless they redo their tethering prices on all smartphones then its going to be $30 a month on top of whatever you pay. They don't care that you have unlimited on the iphone just like on any other smartphone plan.

Think its too much in my opinion especially if att is going to limit it to 5gb a month. I would consider paying $10 a month for it but more then that and it becomes "i can live without it" feature

Thats so crap :P

Here in Ireland if you pay 30eur a month for unlimited data on your phone you can just use it as tether as well. AT&T do seem to suck....

to not include this in the already $30 "unlimited" data plan is just plain stupid. i'm definitely not going to pay $60/mo to use data on my phone and data on my computer. there's enough places with free wireless these days that somehow i'll get by . . .

so these a-holes are still going to make us pay more for tethering? As if $30 a month for a data plan isn't enough already and throw $20 unlimited messaging on top of that. **** them

Now that the smart phone category, thanks to the iPhone, is becoming a more common product, these prices will drop.

Before their potential customers were business users. Now their potential customers are ... everyone. So there will be a lot more price competition in the tethering market I think.

That is, once some other iPhone clones get onto other carriers.

If AT&T could price this below $30/month I think they'd get more iPhone users to tack on this option. Heck, more people may end up switching to AT&T, buy an iPhone, and then add this option.

I doubt more people will switch to AT&T just to get a service they can get with another carrier, and have a cheaper plan and insurance for their phone. The only reason people are jumping on the AT&T bandwagon is because of the iPhone, other than that AT&T would still be selling crap Nokia phones and over charge for their hyped up network.

Since most consumers, especially iPhone owners, have cash to just throw away on expensive gadgets and plans, I am sure many will pick up the tethering plan and tout it as AT&T and Apple innovation.

p.s. And I will put money on AT&T/Apple not allow bluetooth tethering.

Now that the smart phone category, thanks to the iPhone, is becoming a more common product, these prices will drop.

Before their potential customers were business users. Now their potential customers are ... everyone. So there will be a lot more price competition in the tethering market I think.

That is, once some other iPhone clones get onto other carriers.

Naw, I think prices will go up since most users are already paying more for the iPhone and the AT&T data plans. Most other cell carriers charge you the same, but will give you options like TV, turn by turn GPS and insurance.

As for tethering, it's been a standard on most Palm and Windows mobile phone for 5 years, and it's been around since the inception of the cell phone and the PowerBook 150c. AT&T is just going to charge users more for it.

why can't they make like 200mb free? Would it kill them?