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Tether Launches HTML5-Based iPhone Tethering Solution

At first I was excited thinking I could tether my ipad wifi via my iphone, but the vendor cleared this situation up. That's cool. For those on tiered plans it could help to cut costs for you. In Japan everybody with an iphone on softbank has unlimited data plans so this type of service isn't needed here.
 
Easiest solution:

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*trollface*
 
Overrated

Well, I have tried it, and it isn't 100%. The connection will drop at random times. This aside from the fact that it only manages to reconnect about half the time after it drops.

Needs work for sure!

:mad:
 
xinu said:
Apple gets extra money when carriers like AT&T pay Apple 600 dollars for each phone, and then carriers must charge this money with data limits. No secrets there and wont require high IQ to fiqure that one out?

And the link I gave you, is from respected publisher Sanoma INC and not some rumor-web-page. The sources? Well Elisa the carrier was the source. They couldnt get iPad deals from Apple because Elisa (rightfully) refused to put any Datalimits to iPad buyers which Apple was demanding.

US Carriers are screwing you, big time. There should not be any data limiting or throttling we live the year 2012 now not the 90's when we had some GPRS data limits
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Thanks for the additional detail. I agree that US carriers are awful, and I know the carriers pay subsidies to handset makers, but I don’t see how that’s evidence that Apple is the one pushing for extra limits on its own products. Data caps are ONE way carriers make money (getting certain people to pay extra for more data), and it’s one way they cut their costs too—but that’s evidence, again, of the carriers wanting data caps.

So far, I don’t buy the story that Apple wants data limits. I still believe it is the carriers who want them. Follow the money: carriers benefit from data caps, if they choose to use them. Apple doesn’t make a dime from data caps.

If the only available evidence is the carrier (Elisa) themselves pointing the finger at Apple, then I have to suspect something else went on between the two companies. Maybe Elisa then decided to spin the disagreement to their advantage. So while that may be a reliable publication, they're not using a neutral/reliable source re the dispute between Apple and Elissa.

I believe Elisa SAID that Apple demands data caps. I just don’t (yet) believe what they said is true: extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence. And the evidence worldwide points to data caps being bad for Apple and good for the carriers who use them.
 
Wirelessly posted (Mozilla/5.0 (iPhone; U; CPU iPhone OS 4_3_2 like Mac OS X; en-us) AppleWebKit/533.17.9 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/5.0.2 Mobile/8H7 Safari/6533.18.5)

90% of Americans have never traveled outside an area much smaller than France.
 
cubist said:
Wirelessly posted (Mozilla/5.0 (iPhone; U; CPU iPhone OS 4_3_2 like Mac OS X; en-us) AppleWebKit/533.17.9 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/5.0.2 Mobile/8H7 Safari/6533.18.5)

90% of Americans have never traveled outside an area much smaller than France.
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98.7% of all statistics are pulled out of thin air
 
Nice!! Now Apple doesn't have to worry about tethering apps on their store.

People tether, carriers get raged, Apple isn't held responsible because it's not an app!

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zachlegomaniac said:
got it. works great. 15$ for the first year!
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But you have to pay monthly.... for a web app. I'd rather just jailbreak or just not tether because it wastes bandwidth on your plan. If you have unlimited, though, you can uber-spam the network :D
 
OK, this might sound stupid. But someone really explain me what the iTether app really does? I've unlimited internet from Three. It is really unlimited. And tethering is allowed.

So whats, iTether?
 
zub3qin said:
I loved that app, but stopped using it when AT&T said they could detect people tethering and would charge them.
1) Is Handy Light "undetectable" by AT&T? Are they fining people?
2) If carriers can tell that you are tethering, how is this new Tether app any better?
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Same here. Not sure what everyone is getting excited about unless there's something special about how this is done that AT&T can't detect it.
 
Michael Scrip said:
Can the carriers shut this down?
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Probably not unless they sue them for some vague reason and win. That's actually quite possible (see Tucker).

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dethmaShine said:
OK, this might sound stupid. But someone really explain me what the iTether app really does? I've unlimited internet from Three. It is really unlimited. And tethering is allowed.

So whats, iTether?
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Wait, you have unlimited home internet? As in wired? Or do you have unlimited 3G (mobile)?
 
Ok. So, this html5 site thing allows u to tether. However, ATT will eventually notice those connect to tethering site too much.

What about those who purchased the itethering app earlier? are we affected? do we go to their site too?
 
No need for this if you are with O2 in the Uk as they enabled tethering on all but the 100mb data bundles some time ago.
 
I'm sorry, but I've never had the need to 'tether' so I'm not clued up with it....

How is this different from 'Personal Hotspot' in iOS?
 
I don't get it....

Why not just use the built in "Personal HotSpot" - I use it daily, and I pay $15 USD for unlimited data plan. as I said... I don't get it.... :confused:
 
faroZ06 said:
Nice!! Now Apple doesn't have to worry about tethering apps on their store.

People tether, carriers get raged, Apple isn't held responsible because it's not an app!

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But you have to pay monthly.... for a web app. I'd rather just jailbreak or just not tether because it wastes bandwidth on your plan. If you have unlimited, though, you can uber-spam the network :D
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I just payed $15 for the first year. Where does it say we have to pay monthly for a web app?

viggz said:
Why not just use the built in "Personal HotSpot" - I use it daily, and I pay $15 USD for unlimited data plan. as I said... I don't get it.... :confused:
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Let me guess, you are paying $15 per month correct? I payed $15 for the first year and it's $30 after that every year.
 
Irock619 said:
I just payed $15 for the first year. Where does it say we have to pay monthly for a web app?



Let me guess, you are paying $15 per month correct? I payed $15 for the first year and it's $30 after that every year.
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He is likely paying $15/m for the entire data package, including tethering. your $15/year - $30/year is on top of this.
 
iMacDragon said:
He is likely paying $15/m for the entire data package, including tethering. your $15/year - $30/year is on top of this.
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Unless he is not in the U.S. I am not aware of a data plan with any cell provider that charges $15 for the iPhone that includes tethering. The most expensive data plan includes tethering, which I believe costs around $50 a month for 5GB.

I do not understand your last comment. What do you mean my payment of $15/year is on top of this? On top of what? I looked again on the tether website and it says nothing about a monthly payment to use their web app.
 
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Irock619 said:
Unless he is not in the U.S. I am not aware of a data plan with any cell provider that charges $15 for the iPhone that includes tethering. The most expensive data plan includes tethering, which I believe costs around $50 a month for 5GB.

I do not understand your last comment. What do you mean my payment of $15/year is on top of this? On top of what? I looked again on the tether website and it says nothing about a monthly payment to use their web app.
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I would assume the previous poster was not in the US, and converting currency to a rough equivalent. eg, I'm paying about that for 3GB/month data too, including tethering. And I meant on top of the carrier fee, which is what they were probably talking about.
 
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I've jailbroken, I've tried MyWi, PDANet, and Handylight and iTether v1 and v2 have been other solutions.

All I can say is that I'm tired of:
a) hoping I don't get caught
b) worrying that I'm gonna lose my unlimited plan
c) "enjoying" back door tethering "while it lasts"
 
iMacDragon said:
I would assume the previous poster was not in the US, and converting currency to a rough equivalent. eg, I'm paying about that for 3GB/month data too, including tethering. And I meant on top of the carrier fee, which is what they were probably talking about.
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Yes I can see why that wouldn't make sense. Why pay for tether.com service if you are already paying the cell phone carrier for personal hotspot. If I had a choice I would use the built in hotspot rather than a web app, but I simply cannot afford $50 a month for this service, especially if we only get 5GB of data.
 
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