Comments on: AT&T iPhone Tethering Could Cost Just USD 10 http://news.techwhack.com/9666-att-iphone-tethering News from the Tech and IT World Wed, 25 Nov 2009 13:03:06 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Edwin http://news.techwhack.com/9666-att-iphone-tethering#comment-421027 Edwin Sun, 11 Jan 2009 13:55:52 +0000 http://news.techwhack.com/?p=9666#comment-421027 I would prefer a $10 option with a meter on the att.com website that showed me how much of my 5GB I've consumed. I have a home network for heavy lifting, but would be extremely happy to have the flexibility to do light surfing and emailing while mobile. This is the number 1 reason why people are jailbreaking their phones and the chief competitive advantage of everything from Blackberries to cheap bluetooth phones over the iPhone. My lady is probably going to buy a Blackberry because her phone is dying and she needs a mobile that can help her submit homework when our home internet is down. I would prefer a $10 option with a meter on the att.com website that showed me how much of my 5GB I’ve consumed.

I have a home network for heavy lifting, but would be extremely happy to have the flexibility to do light surfing and emailing while mobile.

This is the number 1 reason why people are jailbreaking their phones and the chief competitive advantage of everything from Blackberries to cheap bluetooth phones over the iPhone. My lady is probably going to buy a Blackberry because her phone is dying and she needs a mobile that can help her submit homework when our home internet is down.

]]> By: Yurasis Dragon http://news.techwhack.com/9666-att-iphone-tethering#comment-421022 Yurasis Dragon Sun, 11 Jan 2009 06:52:15 +0000 http://news.techwhack.com/?p=9666#comment-421022 At $10 a month I just might bite. At $30 a month, absolutely no way. With the power of the iPhone 3G, which is with me practically all the time, it is rarely that I need a laptop to access the Internet when I am mobile. On top of that, I am so often near a system that already has Internet access that a per-month cost is practically a waste of money for me. Add to that that fact that I have a jailbroken phone and PDANet, I really have no need to pay a monthly fee for tethering. Hey, did I just talk myself out of paying a monthly fee for tethering? Maybe. At $10 a month I just might bite. At $30 a month, absolutely no way.

With the power of the iPhone 3G, which is with me practically all the time, it is rarely that I need a laptop to access the Internet when I am mobile. On top of that, I am so often near a system that already has Internet access that a per-month cost is practically a waste of money for me.

Add to that that fact that I have a jailbroken phone and PDANet, I really have no need to pay a monthly fee for tethering.

Hey, did I just talk myself out of paying a monthly fee for tethering? Maybe.

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