Internet tethering on iphone 4

[Anonymous]

Hi, probably a silly question but here goes.  If I am in a location with a very low internet signal - either E or 0 showing instead of 3G on my iphone 4..... would that mean that setting up personal tethering (so I could use my laptop via the iphone) wouldn't work?

Not sure how this thing works - whether setting up a personal hotspot automatically produces a wifi signal or whether that depends on there being an adequate internet signal in the first place.  There are no BT hotspots around the location, or wi fi hotspots that I can use.

But I need to use my laptop there... help!

Thanks for any advice.

[adamtemp64 · Accepted solution]

It should still work but will be slower than an old dial up connection at home so may time out.

The personal hotspot works with all data connections obviously 3g is a lot faster

If you can get the edge E signal to stay connected it will be a littlr quicker

[Anonymous]

Many thanks! I reckon it might be a very slow task then because I only get the 'o' symbol for the internet on my phone.

Maybe a dongle for a provider who has good coverage in that area would work, if I plug that into my laptop? Not sure how these things work (newbie!)