"Official" IPhone tethering from AT&T at $55/month

http://appmodo.com/1432/apple-iphone-mms-delayed-coming-sept-tethering-55-extra/

by osipov • 17 years ago

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tptacek• 17 years ago

What does "unofficial" iPhone tethering, a la the one-click carrier file change at TechCrunch, cost?

Whatever they want it to.

I'd be careful.

PStamatiou• 17 years ago

that and it killed visual voicemail for me

byteCoder• 17 years ago

If this is true, my hope is that Apple takes this lack of good faith from AT&T as a good reason to not renew exclusivity after the contract ends sometime next year (2010).

Of course, it's also very likely that Apple and AT&T are playing US iPhone users as pawns in their negotiations. I personally witnessed Scott Forstall clearly playing the audience to boo AT&T at WWDC.

gamache2• 17 years ago

I can't imagine any other reaction at WWDC, considering that several very shiny new features were available basically everywhere but the US thanks to Ma Bell.

Derrek• 17 years ago

I really, really hope that the iPhone "officially" opens to other US carriers after the exclusive contract ends.

Oompa• 17 years ago

Fuck AT&T.

dkokelley2• 17 years ago

I normally wouldn't upvote a comment like this, but I think it concisely illustrates what everyone who reads this submission must feel.

Why can't AT&T et all get it? I would gladly pay on a per GB basis if it was offered on a comparable rate as the 'unlimited' plans. Those plans usually cap you at 5GB to prevent 'abuse' to the network, so you get 5GB for $40/month-ish, or or $8/GB. Is there anyone who wouldn't be willing to pay for a real unlimited plan where this was the rate?

(I'm not sure if any companies are offering such rates. Please let me know if they do.)

jamesbritt3• 17 years ago

"Why can't AT&T et all get it?"

They do. They've hooked up with Apple.

I don't know a single person who has anything nice to say about AT&T, what with illegal spying, crappy service, poor pricing, and what not. Yet when it comes to the iPhone, everyone's swooning and all sins are forgiven.

tdavis• 17 years ago

It truly has become tiring. I already pay $96/mo for what amounts to a data plan, considering I almost never talk on the phone. And now they want another $55/mo to give me the luxury of maybe getting my money's worth (in some Universe)?

Edit: Even if this turns out to be untrue, "Fuck AT&T" still very much stands.

gamache2• 17 years ago

Up until now, I did not have a reason to jailbreak my iPhone. Now I have an excuse to l33t up. Thanks, AT&T!

silencio• 17 years ago

Jailbreak isn't necessary for unofficial tethering. There's iPhone mobile configuration profiles floating around to enable that in 3.x. Of course, you do run the risk of AT&T charging you for tethering without a plan.

Sigh, I despise AT&T :(

icey2• 17 years ago

Hmmm. It costs me $175 bucks to break my contract with AT&T. That's basically 3 months of data tethering fees.

I guess I may be returning to T-Mobile sooner than I'd originally thought. (Assuming this is true and not total speculation).

jrockway2• 17 years ago

T-Mobile's tethering is no cheaper. I want unlimited tethering, but I don't see any US carrier that will provide me with that service. (Sprint will in one city that has "4G", but I don't live there, so ...)

icey2• 17 years ago

They charge for tethering now?

It's been a few years since I've had them as my provider, but I was able to tether previously at no additional cost to the $30 data plan I already had.

With AT&T, it's a $30 data charge PLUS $55 for tethering "privileges".

jamesbritt3• 17 years ago

I have an unlimited data plan with T-mobile for my G1, and a free teething app. Maybe I've not tried downloading enough, but I'm unaware of any limit. How would T-mobile even know I was tethering?

TJensen• 17 years ago

So according to http://www.facebook.com/ATT?v=app_7146470109, tethering will not be $55 additional per month. I've not seen an official announcement from AT&T (I don't consider appmodo to be "official" and they don't link to anything).

Anybody have an official link?

tlrobinson• 17 years ago

The tone doesn't "sound" very official, but isn't this the official AT&T Facebook page?

TrevorJ• 17 years ago

This is an example of why Ma Bell was broken up in the first place. The monopoly they have on the hardware is clearly being abused by them and the consumer pays the price. I pay this price for phone, data AND Tethering on my Treo with another carrier. The only Reason AT&T can do this is they have the whole market for iphones.

pcc• 17 years ago

Welcome to Canada ;)

jrockway2• 17 years ago

Is this even unlimited? I have AT&T with a non-iPhone, and they want $40/month for 5G of tethering. Paying the extra $40 removes the "unlimited" limit on non-tethering, too.

Needless to say, I tether without paying them extra and will be dropping AT&T very soon.

epall• 17 years ago

This makes me so glad I have an iPhone 2G on T-Mobile. I have unlimited calls to five people, unlimited weekends, 300 minutes, 400 messages, unlimited data, and unlimited tethering thanks to PDANet. What do I pay? $41/month TOTAL including taxes and fees. Thanks T-Mobile and iPhoneDevTeam!

"Official" IPhone tethering from AT&T at $55/month

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