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Tethering in 3.0 with O2?

Anonymous — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 20:31:43 GMT

Does anybody know if the UK (O2) is one of the countries that will support tethering in 3.0? I see AT&T aren't in the US.

Andy

Tethering in 3.0 with O2?

Anonymous — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 20:32:53 GMT

To tether you need an Internet Tethering Bolt On: 3Gb for £14.68/month, 10Gb for £29.36/month. Both include The Cloud's Wi-Fi.

Tethering in 3.0 with O2?

Anonymous — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 20:32:55 GMT

yes, but only if you pay for the bolt on, at about £15 per month.

Tethering in 3.0 with O2?

Anonymous — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 20:33:07 GMT

Yup.

Tethering in 3.0 with O2?

Anonymous — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 20:36:24 GMT

Thanks for the quick replies, I get such slow broadband speeds at home it's probably worth paying the £15 to get a descent speed on my macbook, now just to decide whether to try and upgrade to a 3GS or not 😐

Tethering in 3.0 with O2?

Anonymous — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 20:50:18 GMT

I don't understand why we would have to pay for the tethering bolt-on when we get free internet/data with the iPhone tariffs?

Tethering in 3.0 with O2?

Anonymous — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 20:52:08 GMT

I don't understand why we would have to pay for the tethering bolt-on when we get free internet/data with the iPhone tariffs?

because you will use much more data looking a page on your mac or pc than just on the iphone.

Tethering in 3.0 with O2?

Anonymous — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 20:54:05 GMT

Just wanted to ask, i am tethering my 3g atm through iphone modem 2.

You reckon they will be able to work this out though my usuage? not that i use a whole deal only for web browsing, play games and watch movies through other means...

Tethering in 3.0 with O2?

Anonymous — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 20:54:14 GMT

Do not be folled by the speeds shown....

The actual speed that you get will be lower than 7.2... based on the type of cell you are on, and how many people are connecting to it.

This is not a good replacement for normal broadband and will work out very expensive

Tethering in 3.0 with O2?

Anonymous — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 20:55:30 GMT

I don't understand why we would have to pay for the tethering bolt-on when we get free internet/data with the iPhone tariffs?

because you will use much more data looking a page on your mac or pc than just on the iphone.

Given how slow it would be in comparison to your broadband connection I'm not sure that would be totally true!

Tethering in 3.0 with O2?

Anonymous — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 21:01:01 GMT

Tethering to my 3G i can download at around 350k 400k on a good way, but o2's 3G is crap so its drops to edge and gprs every so often.

Thats not bad atall if you ask me...

Tethering in 3.0 with O2?

Anonymous — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 22:38:53 GMT

I don't understand why we would have to pay for the tethering bolt-on when we get free internet/data with the iPhone tariffs?

because you will use much more data looking a page on your mac or pc than just on the iphone.

Doesn't really make sense. A web page on your laptop is the same size as the web page downloaded on the iPhone in most cases.

Tethering in 3.0 with O2?

Anonymous — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 23:01:53 GMT

I think it's a little bit much to charge almost as much to tether a phone we already pay for unlimited data on as it is to run a PAYG dongle for month. I would have expected a bit of a discount given I pay monthly and already pay for a data package.

Tethering in 3.0 with O2?

Anonymous — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 23:35:47 GMT

not sure i understand the whole tethering charges thing...I am using my iphone on laptop to tether right now after upgrading to final release of 3.0 for devs...so how can i do this and not pay...

Tethering in 3.0 with O2?

Anonymous — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 00:53:16 GMT

You can get the cost details at http://shop.o2.co.uk/update/internet.html

It is very expensive compared to other tethering options but I would say that the tethering is incredibly good - I used it for around a month when the iPhone 3.0 beta allowed you to do it. I do however thing that it should be a bit cheaper.

Tethering in 3.0 with O2?

Anonymous — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 01:36:04 GMT

The tethering costs are ridiculous. We have unlimited data, (where unlimited is really within a fair limit), so why doesn't that just apply? If it gets too high then O2 could then do something, otherwise what is a little data from tethering every so often? Surely the fair limit is the fair limit, no matter how I achieve that? If it is hit faster due to a laptop using more data (only guess here is due to downloading files, email, browsing etc. will be the same) then the extra can simple be charged then.

Tethering in 3.0 with O2?

Anonymous — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 01:42:03 GMT

The tethering costs are ridiculous. We have unlimited data, (where unlimited is really within a fair limit), so why doesn't that just apply? If it gets too high then O2 could then do something, otherwise what is a little data from tethering every so often? Surely the fair limit is the fair limit, no matter how I achieve that? If it is hit faster due to a laptop using more data (only guess here is due to downloading files, email, browsing etc. will be the same) then the extra can simple be charged then.

but how much would they charge extra what if you only use a little bit but john down the road thinks cool i'll download every simpsons episode ever made!

its still cheaper than buying a mobile broadband dongle!

Tethering in 3.0 with O2?

Anonymous — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 01:46:45 GMT

The tethering costs are ridiculous. We have unlimited data, (where unlimited is really within a fair limit), so why doesn't that just apply? If it gets too high then O2 could then do something, otherwise what is a little data from tethering every so often? Surely the fair limit is the fair limit, no matter how I achieve that? If it is hit faster due to a laptop using more data (only guess here is due to downloading files, email, browsing etc. will be the same) then the extra can simple be charged then.

but how much would they charge extra what if you only use a little bit but john down the road thinks cool i'll download every simpsons episode ever made!
its still cheaper than buying a mobile broadband dongle!

Simple, they could cut your data off if you go over a hard limit until you pay for an extra allowance for that month, warn you on a soft limit so you have time to buy the extra you will possibly need. If you only use a little bit that is my point, how is it any different to just using a little bit of your unlimited data already given as part of the contract for your phone? It isn't, so they are just try to fleece customers.

Tethering in 3.0 with O2?

Anonymous — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 01:50:58 GMT

The tethering costs are ridiculous. We have unlimited data, (where unlimited is really within a fair limit), so why doesn't that just apply? If it gets too high then O2 could then do something, otherwise what is a little data from tethering every so often? Surely the fair limit is the fair limit, no matter how I achieve that? If it is hit faster due to a laptop using more data (only guess here is due to downloading files, email, browsing etc. will be the same) then the extra can simple be charged then.

but how much would they charge extra what if you only use a little bit but john down the road thinks cool i'll download every simpsons episode ever made!
its still cheaper than buying a mobile broadband dongle!

Simple, they could cut your data off if you go over a hard limit until you pay for an extra allowance for that month, warn you on a soft limit so you have time to buy the extra you will possibly need. If you only use a little bit that is my point, how is it any different to just using a little bit of your unlimited data already given as part of the contract for your phone? It isn't, so they are just try to fleece customers.

or they are in the profit business! you've got to remember this way people who need it will use it and people who would just use it casually wont! you've got to rememeber this is going to but a strain on the o2 network as a lot more data will be going through it! just be grateful they are doing it at all as nobody in america will be able to do it!

Tethering in 3.0 with O2?

Anonymous — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 01:58:11 GMT

The tethering costs are ridiculous. We have unlimited data, (where unlimited is really within a fair limit), so why doesn't that just apply? If it gets too high then O2 could then do something, otherwise what is a little data from tethering every so often? Surely the fair limit is the fair limit, no matter how I achieve that? If it is hit faster due to a laptop using more data (only guess here is due to downloading files, email, browsing etc. will be the same) then the extra can simple be charged then.

but how much would they charge extra what if you only use a little bit but john down the road thinks cool i'll download every simpsons episode ever made!
its still cheaper than buying a mobile broadband dongle!

Erm... then you'd charge the guy downloading loads of stuff an absolute fortune, and the guy who uses next to nothing... well err basically nothing as it'd fall within the remit of the fair use policy.

The problem here is the previous marketing hype of 'Unlimited' data, which wasn't exactly true (as per usual). How can they define a limit on what is the burst point where you'd have to start paying for more data if the limit is, erm unlimited? They'd have to come clean and say..well actually you only get around 200Mb data on your phone before we get uppity about it.

Still (as I've said elsewhere) if you can't tether it to devices such as Tom-Toms (which download very little data) much as any other mobile on any other network can for no additional cost other than their usual allowances.. then it's a VERY poor showing!