Comments on: Want to Turn Your New iPhone 3G S Into a Modem? Be Ready to Pay Up. http://mediamemo.allthingsd.com/20090619/want-to-turn-your-new-iphone-into-a-modem-be-ready-to-pay-up-way-up/ by Peter Kafka Wed, 25 Nov 2009 22:15:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Alan Lefor http://mediamemo.allthingsd.com/20090619/want-to-turn-your-new-iphone-into-a-modem-be-ready-to-pay-up-way-up/comment-page-1/#comment-6898 Alan Lefor Wed, 24 Jun 2009 13:20:18 +0000 http://mediamemo.allthingsd.com/?p=8372#comment-6898 I would be thrilled to have the chance to pay for tethering. But living in technologically backward Japan, we will never even be allowed to pay for it if we want to. Those of you on AT&T should count your blessings! We are very lucky to finally have gotten the 3G a year ago. It wont go much further than that. I would be thrilled to have the chance to pay for tethering. But living in technologically backward Japan, we will never even be allowed to pay for it if we want to. Those of you on AT&T should count your blessings! We are very lucky to finally have gotten the 3G a year ago. It wont go much further than that.

]]> By: Rob Campbell http://mediamemo.allthingsd.com/20090619/want-to-turn-your-new-iphone-into-a-modem-be-ready-to-pay-up-way-up/comment-page-1/#comment-6601 Rob Campbell Fri, 19 Jun 2009 15:40:22 +0000 http://mediamemo.allthingsd.com/?p=8372#comment-6601 http://www.wireless.att.com/businesscenter/popup/dataconnect-comp-table.jsp Footnote 5 says, "Tethering is included with these plans." Rob http://www.wireless.att.com/bu.....-table.jsp

Footnote 5 says, “Tethering is included with these plans.”

Rob

]]> By: Peter Kafka http://mediamemo.allthingsd.com/20090619/want-to-turn-your-new-iphone-into-a-modem-be-ready-to-pay-up-way-up/comment-page-1/#comment-6600 Peter Kafka Fri, 19 Jun 2009 15:39:51 +0000 http://mediamemo.allthingsd.com/?p=8372#comment-6600 Yes, you're correct. My mistake. Yes, you’re correct. My mistake.

]]> By: Kurt Liebendorfer http://mediamemo.allthingsd.com/20090619/want-to-turn-your-new-iphone-into-a-modem-be-ready-to-pay-up-way-up/comment-page-1/#comment-6599 Kurt Liebendorfer Fri, 19 Jun 2009 15:38:51 +0000 http://mediamemo.allthingsd.com/?p=8372#comment-6599 I would like some clarification about what you are doing on Sprint. If you have a SIMPLY EVERYTHING plan on your blackberry, you are right, you cannot tether, HOWEVER, if you have a normal Blackberry and voice plan combination, then TETHERING is INCLUDED AT NO EXTRA CHARGE on the Blackberry. We recommend if you plan on using your BB for calls while being on the internet you should also get a card, but again for occasional use with REGULAR VOICE AND BLACKBERRY PLAN COMBINATIONS, ON SPRINT, TETHERING IS ALLOWED FOR NO ADDITIONAL CHARGE. I would like some clarification about what you are doing on Sprint. If you have a SIMPLY EVERYTHING plan on your blackberry, you are right, you cannot tether, HOWEVER, if you have a normal Blackberry and voice plan combination, then TETHERING is INCLUDED AT NO EXTRA CHARGE on the Blackberry. We recommend if you plan on using your BB for calls while being on the internet you should also get a card, but again for occasional use with REGULAR VOICE AND BLACKBERRY PLAN COMBINATIONS, ON SPRINT, TETHERING IS ALLOWED FOR NO ADDITIONAL CHARGE.

]]> By: Peter Kafka http://mediamemo.allthingsd.com/20090619/want-to-turn-your-new-iphone-into-a-modem-be-ready-to-pay-up-way-up/comment-page-1/#comment-6598 Peter Kafka Fri, 19 Jun 2009 15:35:44 +0000 http://mediamemo.allthingsd.com/?p=8372#comment-6598 Hi Rob. I'll double check with AT&T re: BlackBerry tethering fee. Hi Rob. I’ll double check with AT&T re: BlackBerry tethering fee.

]]> By: Rob Campbell http://mediamemo.allthingsd.com/20090619/want-to-turn-your-new-iphone-into-a-modem-be-ready-to-pay-up-way-up/comment-page-1/#comment-6597 Rob Campbell Fri, 19 Jun 2009 15:21:58 +0000 http://mediamemo.allthingsd.com/?p=8372#comment-6597 <i>If you’re the sort of person who gets up early to stand in line for the new iPhone 3Gs, then you’ve almost certainly got one in your hands by now.</i> If you're the sort of person who has a tech blog on <i>All Things D</i>, then you almost certainly understand data pricing plans and the difference between tethering a 3G cellphone and a completely separate 3G modem. <i><b>Almost</b></i> certainly. The $60 Blackberry plan you refer to is an <i>alternative</i> that <i>includes</i> tethering, not an add-on to an existing plan. So the cost for tethering is $15/month, which is typical for most carriers. As for your smartphone and modem: That's like having two separate phones with two contracts and therefore two fees. Fair or not (or wise or not for an industry trying to drive data usage), it's fairly standard. If you have a Touch Pro like me and are somewhat technologically savvy (but not so savvy that you have a tech blog or anything), you've almost certainly deleted a single registry key and now enjoy tethering for free. If you’re the sort of person who gets up early to stand in line for the new iPhone 3Gs, then you’ve almost certainly got one in your hands by now.

If you’re the sort of person who has a tech blog on All Things D, then you almost certainly understand data pricing plans and the difference between tethering a 3G cellphone and a completely separate 3G modem. Almost certainly.

The $60 Blackberry plan you refer to is an alternative that includes tethering, not an add-on to an existing plan. So the cost for tethering is $15/month, which is typical for most carriers.

As for your smartphone and modem: That’s like having two separate phones with two contracts and therefore two fees. Fair or not (or wise or not for an industry trying to drive data usage), it’s fairly standard.

If you have a Touch Pro like me and are somewhat technologically savvy (but not so savvy that you have a tech blog or anything), you’ve almost certainly deleted a single registry key and now enjoy tethering for free.

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