iPhone Tethering on AT&T Still Unavailable

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nun

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you can get it if you download a carrier profile of some website i forget what website though
 

Honis

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You can get it if you jailbreak the phone for free!

Same is true for the Palm Pre, but the palm guys are cooler about the jailbreaking ("hey guys I know this is awesome but shut up about it or else I'll need to fix it").
 

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Man, if AT&T truly has "America's Most Reliable 3G Network", the world if f'in screwed. It AT&T can't handle the traffic iPhone tethering incurs, imagine the sad state of affairs in less developed nations.

-OR-

AT&T is just a crappy network, and "not dropping 3G connections" may make you reliable, but no where in that statement does it mention actually getting to transfer data over said 3G connections, something that AT&T has clearly demonstrated they simply don't think feasible.

I like the new Verizon commercials where they talk about how "there's a Map for that too." Gotta love actual data being slammed in AT&T's face.

Of course, I'm a T-Mobile customer, and their 3G coverage is even worse, oh well.
 
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Yeah... not too happy about this issue... This week I was finally forced to get a dsl line in our apartment since our neighbors that shared with us moved out. My wife and I used to travel a lot, and it would have been nice to use a laptop instead of an iphone all the time. I would have expected my $60 data bill to include the option to tether >_>
Still, I wouldn't be able to game (imagine an average 300+ ping). The download and upload speeds are not bad though (140KBytes down, 34KBytes UP)
 

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[citation][nom]hellwig[/nom]"there's a Map for that too." [/citation]


I believe it is "there's an app for that too." ---- And I don't think they are taking a stab at AT&T as much as they are the iPhone ----- It is the iPhone commercials that say that.
 

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I could have really, really used tethering when my shitty Charter internet went out. I pray to Jebus Apple will end AT&T exclusivity next year so I can jump ship.
 

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"For tethering, we need to do some additional fine tuning to our systems and networks so that we do deliver a great experience."

Understatement of the year.
FIXED:
"For tethering, we need to basically overhaul our network that we haven't touched since we went to GSM. Then we will do some additional fine tuning after we let the network go live. Why pay for real tuning when you can let the customers do it for you and pay you at the same time. In the meant time we will continue to greatly exaggerate through ad campaigns our systems and networks do deliver a great experience.*"

*Some conditions may apply. 3G speeds are not actually real, just theoretical. If you don't like the experience, even God himself won't be able to cancel the 2 year contract without penalties. See store for details and terrible customer service.
 

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It's called capacity or lack of it. Still a lot of no 3G area with no plans to build it out. We love getting our ass kick by Verizon.
 
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Go here http://help.benm.at/usa.php in the iPhone browser, but if you've upgraded your firmware to anything beyond 3.0 or maybe 3.0.1, you'll need to downgrade to achieve tethering via this method. But it does work, or did work for me
 

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[citation][nom]jblack[/nom]I believe it is "there's an app for that too." ---- And I don't think they are taking a stab at AT&T as much as they are the iPhone ----- It is the iPhone commercials that say that.[/citation]
The Verizon commercials are "There's a map for that" and they are targeting both ATT and Apple, showing their phones can do apps AND they have better service then ATT.
 

shqtth

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Tethering on the iphone is slow anyways. If you use bluetooth to connect to the iphone, you will get a 1Mbit connection or less (I get 128kbps up and down) depending on bluetooth performance.

If you use the USB cable, you will notice windows sees the connection as 500KB.

The point is, tethering on the iphone (thanks to apple sucks) has been crippled. So, i am not sure what AT&T is concerned about.

People get a faster connection buy using their SIM card in a USB HSPA+/3G stick up to 7.2Mbps.
 
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tester24

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I can do this with my Windows Mobile phone already :). Poor iPhone people... you're network suck almost as much as your phones...
 

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I'm a little fuzzy on tethering. Perhaps someone can fill me in.

Isn't Wi-Fi a better way to connect to the internet? I thought Bluetooth was like a way to upload and download data from a PC to a cell phone. I guess... to like backup the data on the cell phone?
 
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