Comments on: iPhone Tethering Coming Soon!

By: agar97

agar97 — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 16:49:13 +0000

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By: Jim

Jim — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 13:01:49 +0000

It'll probably be the same as for existing AT&T data planes - remember this is about getting extra revenue from every possible source; especially since most iPhone users are already tied to AT&T and can't easily leave unless they are willing to forgo the iPhone and pay the termination fee.

By: Brad

Brad — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 05:27:53 +0000

I would pay $0 per month because the iPhone already has broadband, and I use it quite a bit more than I had originally expected. As far as actual tethering though, I would only use tethering about once ever two months or so.

By: PSM

PSM — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 02:04:25 +0000

I tether constantly and it's an absolute requirement for any phone I own. PDAnet has made it much less hassle than it used to be, and I'm pretty happy with that. The only reason I would pay for it is if the legit method were seriously one click. Press the icon on the phone to activate, connect with one command on the laptop, and it worked 100% of the time. For that, I would definitely pay $10. I would think about paying $20, but no more than that while a jailbreak solution exists.

By: Andre

Andre — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 01:51:54 +0000

For once, Canadian carrier Rogers has it right, with no extra charge for tethering. Coupled with that copy of NetShare I purchased back when it came out and I've already been enjoying this for some time on a non-jailbroken iPhone. <3

By: chris

chris — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 00:09:07 +0000

I would pay up to $20 a month. I use pdanet now but would rather be legit.

By: Ezekiel06

Ezekiel06 — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 23:42:57 +0000

I'll stick with pdanet if there is a fee. As long as I've had this phone, I've only feathered like 3 times with pdanet

By: Keil Miller

Keil Miller — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 23:28:42 +0000

I would pay $1 a month. It makes up for my already expensive cell phone bill.

By: clayrussell

clayrussell — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 22:55:10 +0000

$20/ month I would pay for (or I could get my boss to pay for) PDANet works great but if given the choice, I would rather make it legit.

By: Jon

Jon — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 22:02:27 +0000

I don't have to pay an extra tethering fee on Rogers. Rogers already allows tethering (on my iPhone plan), so I'm just waiting for Apple to unlock the feature (and I guess somehow I'm waiting for AT&T because somehow they seem to control what Apple does)...

By: nnk

nnk — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 21:43:42 +0000

I'm not willing to pay an extra monthly fee for tethering FUNCTIONALITY on the iphone either; I can do that today with any old windows mobile device. Paying (once) for the app that does this is OK, as is paying for extra traffic (I'm not on an unlimited plan).

I'm just disappointed that the iPhone has to suffer world-wide, just because AT&T do not seem to have thought their pricing principles through.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 20:50:18 +0000

Dalekkiller: agreed, hope it comes out worldwide!

By: Dalekkiller

Dalekkiller — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 20:38:20 +0000

I hope this comes out as a worldwide app as I'm in the UK and have an (apparently) unlimited data plan for my iphone. Most of the time when I'm out I just use my iphone to access webpages but there are quite a few times in my week when it would be really useful to access the internet on my laptop.

By: Clark

Clark — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 20:02:22 +0000

How much? Nothing! I have ATT for my home internet (DSL), and only would use tethering when I'm traveling (1 -2 times per month). As much as I'm paying for home and iPHone data, I'd expect it to be free. They ought to have a 'bundling' plan if you've got both home and iPhone where it's free (or their WiFi spots should be, or both)...