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craig1024 said:
Do you have limitations on hotspots in America ? In Ireland are networks don't limit anything on our iPhones I have unlimited 4g data and I can use it however I want it's only €20 per month too.
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You are limited by whatever your plan may be.

For instance, my plan is a T-Mobile, Simple Choice Unlimited Data plan that allows me 7GB of full-speed LTE data per line for the two lines that are UD. This is an ADDITIONAL thing to our already included unlimited data just for our iPhones.

My son, who has an iPhone 4s has 2GB of full-speed LTE data (although his iPhone 4s cannot do LTE). He may use that data any way he wishes between the phone and tethering.

Same thing with our two iPads. We have 5GB of data per tablet line and that data can be used any way we wish, either for the tablet or tethering to the tablet.

Once our allotment is reached speeds are throttled (no overages).

This is just MY plan. The later T-Mobile plans have unlimited tethering, but the TM1 plan reduces tethering speed to 3G.
 
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Three in the UK are pretty generous with data. Unlimited 4G data (aka LTE for the colonial commoners) on the device itself, for an extra couple of pounds a month I get 32GB of tethering. At that price it's not worth the faff of trying a workaround.
 
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eyoungren said:
You are limited by whatever your plan may be.

For instance, my plan is a T-Mobile, Simple Choice Unlimited Data plan that allows me 7GB of full-speed LTE data per line for the two lines that are UD. This is an ADDITIONAL thing to our already included unlimited data just for our iPhones.

My son, who has an iPhone 4s has 2GB of full-speed LTE data (although his iPhone 4s cannot do LTE). He may use that data any way he wishes between the phone and tethering.

Same thing with our two iPads. We have 5GB of data per tablet line and that data can be used any way we wish, either for the tablet or tethering to the tablet.

Once our allotment is reached speeds are throttled (no overages).

This is just MY plan. The later T-Mobile plans have unlimited tethering, but the TM1 plan reduces tethering speed to 3G.
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Ok that makes sense I thought that you meant it was separate to your phones data.
MagicBoy said:
Three in the UK are pretty generous with data. Unlimited 4G data (aka LTE for the colonial commoners) on the device itself, for an extra couple of pounds a month I get 32GB of tethering. At that price it's not worth the faff of trying a workaround.
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I am on three ireland it's very cheap.
 
craig1024 said:
I am on three ireland it's very cheap.
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Enjoy it while it lasts. Three were very cheap in the UK. £15 bought unlimited 4G and unlimited tethering. That went once Three grabbed as many customers as it could from the other networks and prices doubled. Retention deals were crap and most were not even offered one. I am now paying more than I did for much less.
 
weckart said:
Enjoy it while it lasts. Three were very cheap in the UK. £15 bought unlimited 4G and unlimited tethering. That went once Three grabbed as many customers as it could from the other networks and prices doubled. Retention deals were crap and most were not even offered one. I am now paying more than I did for much less.
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It can't get much worse than Vodafone which I was on €20 top up gets 5gb of data and any network texts and removes €10 credit and if you go over 5gb of data it costs €1 per megabyte, besides my iPhone is unlocked so I can change network at anytime.
 
So, thought I'd buy this. I don't usually go for decals on my Macs, but this is appropriate I think. Especially when the PowerBook I will put it on is used AT a coffee shop!

http://www.ebay.com/itm/181306778503?_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT

(MODS, THIS IS NOT MY AUCTION!!!)

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pochopsp said:
It looks awesome but I would but it only if I was sure it wouldn't damage the PowerBook surface.
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Not such a big deal to me. However, it's intended for MBPs and MBAs and this is a fairly common trade here in the US. Lots of different designs centering around the Apple logo on the back of Mac laptops. So I don't think it will be a problem.
 
Too bad they don't make it white with a cellophane rainbow decal for the apple itself that mimics the oldschool apple logo. I think that would be pretty sick looking :D

Heck even if it was *just* the apple - That would look pretty great when the apple lights up.
 
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MagicBoy said:
Three in the UK are pretty generous with data. Unlimited 4G data (aka LTE for the colonial commoners) on the device itself, for an extra couple of pounds a month I get 32GB of tethering. At that price it's not worth the faff of trying a workaround.
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The best thing about Three for me is their "feel at home" functionality - Basically if you travel to a country supported (and many are eg. USA, most of Europe, Hong Kong etc) you can make local calls and use data as if you were in the UK. Eg. If I have unlimited data in the Uk then when I go to Hong Kong I have unlimited data and the same call plan just as if i was still in the UK - it doesn't cost you a penny.
Best of all it's not an 'extra' you pay for - everyone signed up with Three on whatever contract / pay as you go has it by default.... It's awesome if you do a lot of travelling and for that reason alone they have my business assured.
 
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RhianB said:
Too bad they don't make it white with a cellophane rainbow decal for the apple itself that mimics the oldschool apple logo. I think that would be pretty sick looking :D

Heck even if it was *just* the apple - That would look pretty great when the apple lights up.
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Do you mean something like https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00F9GF8AM ?
 
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Saturday morning Quad and Coffee! :D

Note, the Quad refers to the Mac, not a quad-shot coffee. :D But you knew that! :)

Note, the 2.3Ghz Dual Core underneath the Quad. :D

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QSDP-User said:
Erik, I remember way back you created a fantastic 4 or 5 monitor continuous coffee-related desktop.
...pouring into coffee cups or something like that.
Can you hunt that down and re-post into the desktop pics thread [by request]?
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Well, there's this one…https://forums.macrumors.com/thread...kground-powerpc.1691115/page-11#post-20794203

I *think* I may have posted another (a Seattle's Best coffee shop in Seattle) but I can't seem to find it.

This one?

https://forums.macrumors.com/thread...kground-powerpc.1691115/page-21#post-24614394
 
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