Is bluetooth transfer speed slower than 3G for tethering?

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yalag

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Original poster

• Jun 9, 2009

• #1

Is bluetooth transfer speed slower than 3G for tethering? Will I be able to make use of my 3G fully using bluetooth or do I have to use USB?

 

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darngooddesign

macrumors Core

• Jun 9, 2009

• #2

PdaNet tethers via wifi.

 

Phil A.

Moderator emeritus

• Jun 9, 2009

• #3

yalag said:

Is bluetooth transfer speed slower than 3G for tethering? Will I be able to make use of my 3G fully using bluetooth or do I have to use USB?

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IIRC, bluetooth maxes out at 1MB/S so you will definitely get better speed from USB (not to mention that Bluetooth will probably flatten your battery in pretty short order!)

 

PoitNarf

macrumors 65816

• Jun 9, 2009

• #4

It seems that Bluetooth 2.0 + EDR has a transfer rate of 3.0Mbps. I can't find anything that indicates Bluetooth 2.1 having a higher transfer rate. So if you did indeed get a connection greater than 3Mbps on your iPhone then the bluetooth tethering could be a potential bottleneck.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bluetooth#Uses