AT&T Continues to Delay U.S. iPhone Tethering Due to Concerns About Network Performance
Despite including internet tethering as a feature in iPhone 3.0, U.S. AT&T customers have yet to have the feature enabled. Engadget got a comment from AT&T about the absent feature. The response cites high traffic usage that could hamper network performance:
iPhone tethering has the potential to exponentially increase traffic, and we need to ensure that we're able to deliver excellent performance for the feature - over and above the increases in data traffic we're already seeing - before we will offer the feature.
Tethering is the process of using your iPhone as a wireless internet modem for your other devices such as your laptop.Top Rated Comments
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I bet once the network has an updated backhaul it will be allowed, but not now.
i doubt it will ever be free though
i doubt it will ever be free though
I would never expect it to be free. That's not a reasonable expectation.
i doubt it will ever be free though
Almost every carrier that allows it charges for it, why should AT&T not charge for the service?
I smell BS all over this.
And I blame Apple, if iPhone were on another network, I will guarantee you AT&T will offer tethering the next day
This is the biggest black eye for AT&T going. (Certainly not the only - but the biggest.)
I disagree. The biggest black eye is when I'm on my way home and have three failed calls on my iPhone. I say fix that, before you allow tethering. Oh, I live in Las Vegas so it isn't a small town and it isn't a town where tall buildings are a reason for dropped/failed calls.
Almost every carrier that allows it charges for it, why should AT&T not charge for the service?
Right now T-Mobile allows tethering and they don't charge extra for it. Of course the US T-Mobile is not an iPhone SP, but for other phones they allow tethering.
Right now T-Mobile allows tethering and they don't charge extra for it. Of course the US T-Mobile is not an iPhone SP, but for other phones they allow tethering.
Ah yes, T-Mobile, only carrier with clean pipes and fast connections. Also, the only budget carrier that isn't sinking. Wish the iPhone would support that 1700 MHz band
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