You do know that the carriers pretty much have the upper hand since they provide the access to the service and also subsidize the handsets heavily right? Apple isnt the only device that panders the carriers. Android is seen as one of the most carrier friendly devices out there since its easy to lock down functions like tethering or hotspot features!
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You do know that the carriers pretty much have the upper hand since they provide the access to the service and also subsidize the handsets heavily right? Apple isnt the only device that panders the carriers. Android is seen as one of the most carrier friendly devices out there since its easy to lock down functions like tethering or hotspot features!
I've never understood this, video calls over 3G had been around for years and years before FaceTime, I wonder why the carriers would suddenly set limits.
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Flash dead, all hail HTML 5!
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Going to happen any way so F them. Still nice to know there is a work around.
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Nokia what is Nokia like a chocolate treat? No one cares that why the carriers still allow it. iPhone users use their iPhone like real smart phones, now can you send some of that Nokia chocolate this way, or is it spoiled from been old.
I'm very satisfied by just posting on MR forum, tethering free of charge, taking better pictures than iphone 4s... All of this with my crappy nokia phone which costs 1/4 of a 4s here in Brazil.
I have had tethering since the 3GS launched. The problem is your carrier, not Apple. It's about the best thing rogers has going for it. Also they added wifi hotspot sometime during iOS 4 as well.
5Gb/ 2 year or month to month tethering?
It seems SJ really pissed at phone carriers -- essentially efficient billing services and indifferent technology companies -- and created systems using the wifi enabled internet and their own servers to begin bypassing the telcos and cablecos. Look -- international phone calls without using the phone co directly -- so of course the telcos are charging vast amounts for usages in the pipe. The note from the reader in France giving his rates and benefits shows what is possible. In the UK, average DSL in homes is 4-6 times faster than ATT provides here as their max.
And so what is ATT stroking their chinny chin chin about in not providing a tethering option -- am I correct in reading the footnotes -- unless you have a 5GB plan on a two year contract -- when their other iPad plans are per SJ simply month on/ month off?
I think we have to thank Apple for bending those intransigent telco beasts bit by bit by bit.
It seems SJ really pissed at phone carriers -- essentially efficient billing services and indifferent technology companies -- and created systems using the wifi enabled internet and their own servers to begin bypassing the telcos and cablecos. Look -- international phone calls without using the phone co directly -- so of course the telcos are charging vast amounts for usages in the pipe. The note from the reader in France giving his rates and benefits shows what is possible. In the UK, average DSL in homes is 4-6 times faster than ATT provides here as their max.
And so what is ATT stroking their chinny chin chin about in not providing a tethering option -- am I correct in reading the footnotes -- unless you have a 5GB plan on a two year contract -- when their other iPad plans are per SJ simply month on/ month off?
I think we have to thank Apple for bending those intransigent telco beasts bit by bit by bit.
Frontpage: GET FREE TRIAL
After sign up: HAHA YOU CAN NOT GET FREE TRIAL
Misleading, I wonder what BBB thinks about that.
After sign up: HAHA YOU CAN NOT GET FREE TRIAL
Misleading, I wonder what BBB thinks about that.
Oh good, what a useful review to a non-available app...thanks for your input
Anytime!
I have the same question. Could someone enlighten me please?I was one of the lucky guys who was able to get the App does this mean i have to switch to the 30 bucks a month situation or am i grandfathered thru ? has anyone seen any documentation on that?
Tethering is free in Turkey (cause we are restricted with the gigabytes of data we purchase but thats another story) but otherwise, I wish this solution was a free one.. Paying an extra 30 bucks on top of the data package might be too much for some of us..
30 Dollars a year?! thats 2.50 a MONTH, .08 cents a day, if my math is correct that would be .00000083 cents a second, adds up quick,yea tough to see how you could afford that, haha
What disgusting sentiment.
You do realize that Per Capita Income in Turkey is much lower than it is in Western Europe or the United States/Canada or Japan? Your sentiments get more and more disgusting, the more I read. This is obvious trolling.
Let's face it: Apple collaborates with carriers. Remember the Carrier IQ case? iPhone is a very good business for carriers mainly because of Apple help.
I love Macs, but I can't understand the histeria around Apple's touchscreen devices at every launch date. They're pretty good but they're not hors concours gadgets. They're more like other options than an ultimate solution.
iPhone, for example, have a sub-standard camera, tight partnership with carriers, appstore-only allowed apps... all of this makes me think about using another, non-apple phone. I love my phone's FM transmitter, big sensor, zeiss optics, metal casing and a great map solution that helps me a lot when I travel.
Comparing to iPhone I lose retina display, some cool apps, some processing power... what more? I can't see 4x more value in this list.
I love Macs, but I can't understand the histeria around Apple's touchscreen devices at every launch date. They're pretty good but they're not hors concours gadgets. They're more like other options than an ultimate solution.
iPhone, for example, have a sub-standard camera, tight partnership with carriers, appstore-only allowed apps... all of this makes me think about using another, non-apple phone. I love my phone's FM transmitter, big sensor, zeiss optics, metal casing and a great map solution that helps me a lot when I travel.
Comparing to iPhone I lose retina display, some cool apps, some processing power... what more? I can't see 4x more value in this list.
I'm a lot happier using tetherme as well. I don't use it very often but it's great when I do. This is an awesome work around for a non jailbroken devices. I don't own an iPad, I like my 4S and it seems to do everything that an iPad would do for me.
Not everyone wants to jailbreak and get stuck in some waiting mode when new iOS update comes out.
Most people will find this very easy to use without jailbreaking and all the problems that come with it.
Awesome
Downloaded, installed and works like a charm. This is pretty cool especially when I just doubled my speed off of 4G vs. my home internet. If you want to talk about throttling try being on Clear internet service, they're throttling SOB's!.. No choice in service either because of location.
Downloaded, installed and works like a charm. This is pretty cool especially when I just doubled my speed off of 4G vs. my home internet. If you want to talk about throttling try being on Clear internet service, they're throttling SOB's!.. No choice in service either because of location.
No I'm afraid it is Apple who wants these restrictions in data plans. Why? i dont know but here in Finland the situation is that one year ago Apple refused to accept ELISA operator from its store and only allowed 2 major Operators which used Data limits per month.
I use Elisa Prepaid 3G mobile as my main internet connection trough a 3G-Modem Router and my data usage is about 30-40 gigs per month. No extra charge for tethering either. Costs about 20 euros per month, speed about 5mbit down/up both..
I have only one SIM card so when I get out of home, I put the SIM from my 3G-modem to my (android) phone and wi-fi tether the connection for my PowerBook
I just had to register here and comment on this data throttling/tethering thing because things just sound so weird to me how you guys do things in US...
Maybe you have lots of Wi-Fi networks available then? We dont have those at all...
http://www.digitoday.fi/data/2011/03/25/elisa-kieltaytyi-ipadin-datakatosta/20114242/66
Thats the link to news that Elisa 3G operator refused to put data limits for the iPad and it was Apple who wanted these data limits. Yeah I know that you dont read finnish but I know that here are some Finnish moderators who can confirm that I'm speaking the truth!
Yeah I use Powerbook, Android and build some hackintosh machines and play around with BSD and Linux.... So consider me not as a "fanboy" , more as a curious bystander and learner
(no windows machines here at all though)Why in the world would Apple care whether you tethered? It's not their network. The carriers raised a fuss, hello they're already throttling users. Their network is overloaded and this was there way to limit usage even further. Also, what about network cards? Don't you think tethering would affect their mobile network card sales and additional data plans you have to purchase? It's the carriers!
This whole thing has nothing to do with Apple but with US carriers, I would think. I'm in Switzerland where my carrier doesn't restrict the way I use my unlimited data plan and to tether, I can simply use the personal hotspot built-in iOS by Apple from my iPhone to surf from my iPad or laptop without the need to buy some 3rd party software or service.