Personal Hotspot working in Canada

[El Aurens]

I just updated my iPhone to 4.3, took about ten minutes. Personal Hotspot now shows up under Network settings. In Canada, iPhone tethering is a no cost option, except for the iPad (I assume to promote 3G iPad sales). I was able to connect my iPad via wifi to my iPhone (bluetooth). Now I can share my 6 gb plan. I'm with Virgin Mobile.

My iPad is jailbroken, main reason was using iTether to share my iPhone plan with my iPad. However, I was always leery of updating to the latest OS because I would lose the JB functionality. With Personal Hotspot, I don't have that concern anymore!

 

[Saberon]

An iPhone 4 and 3GS can *both* use Bluetooth to tether to any device. I have tried it with 3 Windows notebooks and my iPad, no jailbreaking needed.

 

[El Aurens]

An iPhone 4 and 3GS can *both* use Bluetooth to tether to any device. I have tried it with 3 Windows notebooks and my iPad, no jailbreaking needed.

That's interesting, I didn't realize that. I recall that Rogers and Bell Mobility were charging an extra monthly fee for customers to "share" their iPhone data plans with their 3G iPads. I knew tethering was a no cost option, but thought that option didn't apply to iPads.

 

[Saberon]

That's when you actually share your data pool with your 3G iPad with Rogers. So both SIM cards are tied to 1 account/1 data pool. This way, we are just sharing our connection wirelessly to our iPad.

 

[KnightWRX]

That's interesting, I didn't realize that. I recall that Rogers and Bell Mobility were charging an extra monthly fee for customers to "share" their iPhone data plans with their 3G iPads. I knew tethering was a no cost option, but thought that option didn't apply to iPads.

That's to share the plan, meaning if you have an iPhone and a 3G iPad, both devices use the same data plan (without connecting one to the other).

Tethering is a no charge option.