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looks like AT&T Won the tethering war

SAG3194

SAG3194

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Anyone else get this?
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I did, and then I deleted the profile and went to that help.benm.com/help or w/e the link is and it worked again.

They won that battle, but we're winning the war.

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I followed the instructions in the hack and within 2 minutes I was tethering with a download speeds of 3Mb
 
They didn't win ****. I got that message and it still worked. Then I restored and enabled tethering and DIDN'T get that message and it still worked.
 
I never even got the message. Oh well.

I'm paying a lot of money for "unlimited" data, how I consume that data should be up to me.
 
Charging for tethering is ridiculous, at least they should offer 500 MB free every month complementary with a unlimited data (which is really 5 GB) plan we pay with the iPhone. Just today, my wi-fi wasn't working for both computers, and I used Tethering to answer some very important emails (that require a lot of typing, not meant for iPhone typing) and browsing on a faster laptop.
 
Tethering alone will cost another $30/mo. I believe that's how much AT&T is currently charging other smartphone users.
 
Can u guys help me? When I type in the MMS APN settings, and restart my iphone 3gs, the tethering option goes away and MMS works. But if I reset the carrier settings, tethering works, and MMS goes away. HELP!!! lol

You can contact me at mbsaeger@me.com
 
SFStateStudent said:
Mine is still working with NO messages from AT&T. What's another $30 a month for an iPhone owner...... :eek::eek::eek::eek:
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I would say a 30% increase in your bill is quite substantial. Unfortunately, having a $80-100 is slowly becoming acceptably the norm, especially with people ditching their landlines. So, I wouldn't look at the average iPhone owner as someone who has money to burn.
 
tigres said:
According to BGR it's going to be 70.

I can see ATT jacking it to 55-70. That's just how they play.
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70 = 30 iphone data + 10 basic sms + 30 tethering

60/mo is average for mobile broadband standalone accounts so that would not be an absurd price as far as the market is concerned.

Sadly we all know it's a ridiculous price as far as sensibilities are concerned. Too bad people are apparently paying it.

That said, if they offered it cheaply then I think everyone would switch from wired to wireless broadband and destroy the network. So perhaps the high prices are intentionally set to prevent too many users from using it.
 
The only way I've been using the Internet lately is through tethering my iPhone. It will be this way until Thursday because my regular DSL connection is down. I hope I don't get a raging bill. :(
 
Yes.

It's nothing. Just hit cancel and I'm pretty sure you can tether. At least that's how it worked for me.
 
I just had to share that this weekend I SHARED my tether with another macbook pro (using OSX airport's adhoc networking) so, that's right, wait for it <dramatic pause> we were BOTH simultaneously -- wirelessly-- surfing through the iPhone 3g. NIIIIICE!!:D
 
zacheryjensen said:
60/mo is average for mobile broadband standalone accounts so that would not be an absurd price as far as the market is concerned.
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I'm paying $35 for unlimited "3mbps" service that usually downloads around 550KB/sec and occasionally goes as high as 9mbps..

Screw 3G.
 
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