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Tethering options?
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Clinically Insane
Join Date: Mar 2001
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Hello,
What phones on any carrier allow tethering that will work in OS X, and of these (if any), which do not cost additional money to use this feature? Just trying to figure out what some options are... It would be great peace of mind to be able to get online with my laptop from anywhere given my line of work.
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Posting Junkie
Join Date: Oct 2005
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Tmo doesn't charge for tethering, it's easy to tether a BB to OS X over BT.
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Sorry for my late response here, mduell. If any of you have any other combinations, please share them! I haven't zone any real research on what is available in this area and how much a BB would cost me, but I suspect that TMobile is not available around here. I'm currently with Verizon, AT&T is available around here...
What is that status of iPhone tethering? Looks like an extra $20/month?
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Posting Junkie
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AT&T is $45/mo for 2GB/mo with tethering, on top of your voice/messaging charges.
Where's here? Is that like a zip code?
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Clinically Insane
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Originally Posted by mduell 
AT&T is $45/mo for 2GB/mo with tethering, on top of your voice/messaging charges.
Where's here? Is that like a zip code?
Are you asking for my zip code in an attempt to help me?  If so, I'll send it privately...
I'm always confused by the costs of the carriers themselves, the differences between the stock phones and what they will do and carrier modifications to them (such as those that Verizon does) and then bringing in the phones themselves and OS compatibility into the picture. It is often hard to put together the whole puzzle.
Are you saying that with *all* AT&T phones we'd pay $45/month for service + tethering? I know that I can go to the AT&T site to research these sorts of things, but I wish there was a way to find out which phones support tethering under OS X, and which phones support tethering under OS X with that carrier. Does AT&T modify their phones like Verizon does?
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Posting Junkie
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Well I was going to check if Tmo was available.
AT&T offers 2GB with tethering for $45/mo regardless of your device. If your device doesn't support tethering I suppose that's a waste of money.
The big carriers in the US modify all their devices to varying degrees (from a few policies to full blown skinning and apps). I don't know of a listing of which devices/carriers support tethering; the price of tethering does not depend on the device at AT&T (at VZW it may be different for BBs vs other devices).
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