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AT&T Enables Wireless Mobile Hotspot for iOS 4.3 Users
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Interestingly, even though Wifi tethering will now be available, I'm probably still going to use bluetooth most of the time when it's just me using it.
Why? I don't have to touch the phone at all. I just click the bluetooth icon on my MBP and "connect to network", and I'm online. With Wifi I have to go into the settings on the phone to turn it on, then join the network on my laptop, which is two steps.
So unless I'm sharing with other people, I'm not likely to use the wifi tethering at all. Bluetooth probably drains less battery too.
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Wow! So because I take advantage of my unlimited data... I am doing something wrong? .... Right
Warbrain said:
Wow! So because I take advantage of my unlimited data... I am doing something wrong? .... Right
Why wouldn't you just tether over USB? And if personal hotspot is turned on without wifi or bluetooth on it will ask to turn them on.
I just dropped my unlimited data and replaced it with the 4GB tethering option. I got tired of switching my SIM to my Nexus One when I wanted to tether. 2GB wasn't enough, but I can live with 4GB (for now). If 4GB turns out to not be enough at some point, I'll call up AT&T and threaten to switch to Verizon 
Uhhhh who the hell at MacRumors posted this? This is not news, and it's been working since the first beta of 4.3.
Then it's not an option for you. But you also use a huge amount of data that no carrier would want you to use anyway.
I wasn't sold on it until they added the 2 GB. I dropped my unlimited that day and haven't looked back. Now I don't need to pay for a Mifi each month.
Sorry for the confusion. It was non-obvious, as most people don't have ios 4.3 and a smaller subset of those has tethering.
the last official word was they were "evaluating"
http://www.engadget.com/2011/01/12/atandt-evaluating-support-for-ios-personal-hotspot-no-plans-yet/
article corrected.
the last official word was they were "evaluating"
http://www.engadget.com/2011/01/12/atandt-evaluating-support-for-ios-personal-hotspot-no-plans-yet/
article corrected.
Yeah, that's what I said. It wouldn't be an option for me if I had to downgrade. But thanks for talking me through that.
Are you the data police? I've been paying for unlimited data for 4 years. They haven't had any problems taking my money the months I was light on data, so I have no problems using what I pay for.
I use 25+ gb per week on my home broadband, why wouldn't I use close to as much on a mobile data plan / tethering.
On a side note, canada has some whack rates on data but both major providers have pledged to not charge extra for tethering. So I guess thats pretty cool
if he is using 25gb a week, whatever he is doing is probably violating ToS for AT&T as well as any ISP..
That's what I figure. It's either a large amount of Netflix streaming or torrents.
Only did with the original iPhone. They make no money off the service charges, just off the subsidy that AT&T pays and what you pay when you buy the phone.
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What are you guys smoking? 25GB a week isn't very hard to do. Don't you have blu-ray players with HULUPlus or Netflix? I have three Netflix enabled devices in my house not counting my iPhone, the Mac pro, or the other two laptops. A show or movie every night easily pushes the 30GB alone, and that doesn't include surfing YouTube or ESPN3 or ftping huge video files up and down to the web for my biz. And now we're talking all about Apples cloud computing and backups and he servers. 25GB Could easily be every day in that environment.
kbseattle said:
What are you guys smoking? 25GB a week isn't very hard to do. Don't you have blu-ray players with HULUPlus or Netflix? I have three Netflix enabled devices in my house not counting my iPhone, the Mac pro, or the other two laptops. A show or movie every night easily pushes the 30GB alone, and that doesn't include surfing YouTube or ESPN3 or ftping huge video files up and down to the web for my biz. And now we're talking all about Apples cloud computing and backups and he servers. 25GB Could easily be every day in that environment.
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25 days into my cycle and I'm at 6.7 gigs. How about everyone else?
RonHC said:
25 days into my cycle and I'm at 6.7 gigs. How about everyone else?
Whoopie Dee Doo.
Anything that interferes with unlimited data can go to hell. I might consider this if it was 4 GB and 5$ per month extra, and did not require a contract change.
Until then, ATT can keep their hotspot. I'lll be fine with HandyLight.
Anything that interferes with unlimited data can go to hell. I might consider this if it was 4 GB and 5$ per month extra, and did not require a contract change.
Until then, ATT can keep their hotspot. I'lll be fine with HandyLight.
I still think that people grossly exaggerate how much they actually transfer in a month.
And what do you do with your iPhone to use up that much data?
Contract change? Adding features doesn't affect your contract dates.