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Tethering Over Rogers (in Canada) With 3.0?
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looks like a AT&T file, u got a rogers one?
I've read what tethering does, but can anyone explain it in the simplest form. Is it just connecitng your computer and phone together and use its internet? sorry not too familiar with the word
I've read what tethering does, but can anyone explain it in the simplest form. Is it just connecitng your computer and phone together and use its internet? sorry not too familiar with the word
To tether, you connect your phone (which has data) to your computer/laptop (which doesn't have data). That way, you can surf the internet, write e-mails, etc. that requires the internet.
Pro-79
I think that guy doesn't what Rogers is. I'm curious too, I'm a Fido user and I would like to know if Rogers allows tethering with 3.0.
UPDATE** I've found this, a user said that confirmation from a Rogers employee said its allowed
http://www.howardforums.com/showthread.php?t=1509683
Sweet!!! But, I wonder if it works with the link above (with the AT&T ipcc). And if not, I wonder where I can find an ipcc for Rogers.
Thanks!
Pro-79
not really familiar with rogers data plans I am on the 6gb one they had for a little while last summer around the time of the launch in Canada does this include mms or will I have to add that? I know that may be a better question for rogers but any help is apreciated
I used the instructions here: http://www.adammcnamara.com/2009/03/19/64/
Worked like a charm for me.
Worked like a charm for me.
Rogers calls MMS "picture messaging" and "video messaging".
While you are inside Canada, picture messaging is not directly billed against your Rogers data services. Instead, it's tied to your text messaging value pack.
If you are roaming internationally, Rogers will deduct from your data service at the applicable rate, or charge the applicable per-kilobyte rate if you don't have an international roaming data plan.
While you are inside Canada, again, your data plan is not touched when you send a picture message. Instead, you pay a pay-per-use rate of 50¢ per recipient. Alternatively, most of Rogers' recent text messaging value packs can also be used to send a certain number of picture and video messages.
While you are inside Canada, incoming picture messages never cost you anything on Rogers, data or otherwise, no matter what plan you're on.
However, if the picture cannot be delivered to your phone because it's not MMS-capable, and instead you attempt to view the picture with your on-phone Internet browser through Rogers' website, your domestic data plan will be deducted at the applicable rate for accessing the website, or you will be charged a flat-rate 5¢ per use if you don't have a domestic data plan.
Rogers has never explicitly prohibited data tethering in the 6 gig data plan's terms and conditions - that prohibition was added on Apple's end to appease a certain foreign carrier.
If they don't ease up on that restriction after tethering gets official in 3.0's final release, I'd demand action if I were you.
Way back, CBC ran an article about the iPhone and they mentioned the fact that Rogers allows tethering.
Here's the article.
