Tethering

Apple iPhone - Tethering

I am getting the run around with AT&T. I want to tether my MacBook with my iPhone3G while I travel for two weeks in Colorado. I currently have the unlimited data package with AT&T. I called and they said that I would have to drop that datapackage and add the Tethering option instead! That doesnt' make sense.

Does anyone here have some experiences on this that they could share.

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I think that information is correct. They won't offer you tethering if you have the unlimited plan. So I recommend you not lose the unlimited plan and instead find a way to use your mac using free wifi places like hotels, Panera Bread, McD's etc.

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If/when tethering is important to you, I recommend going to AT&T's website, logging in to your account, and checking what your data usage has been for the past [however many] months.

If you find that, for example, you have never used more than 1 GB of data, then go ahead and tether.

If you find that you regularly use 2 GB or more, find another way.

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That is what AT&T has said since the announcement of the new data plans.

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That's incorrect , currently with the unlimited data plan you don't have an option to tether , they want you to drop the unlimited data plan and signed you up with the newer plans like the $25 for 2GB and additional data plan for tethering . BUT if you get rid of your unlimited plan they will not be able to put it back on when you come back (:

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That's exactly what they told him above.
(i.e., NOT "incorrect")

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What you describe is the only option you can take with AT&T.

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That's not a "runaround" that's just an answer you don't like!

If you don't keep your "grandfathered" plan, you have to go with what they are *currently* offering. It's not a new or unusual practice. (I used to have an old cell-phone plan that the customer service people didn't even *recognize* it was so old! I think my mother still has one even older than that.)

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I tried the same. And I would have to drop unlimited.

Not dropping unlimited

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Correct, AT&T no longer offers the Unlimited Data Plan and to get tethering you have to give it up, pay the $25 for 2GB and an additional $20 for the ability to tether so you end up paying $45/mo for 2GB (total) instead of $30/mo for unlimited. That is the key reason I won't give up my AT&T iPhone as I would not be able to get my unlimited data plan back - luckily my Verizon Droid Incredible also has unlimited data and has a 3G Hot Spot built in....

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Let me ask a question. What if you had tethering before the data change? When they were offering unlimited data plans. Is there a difference in the tehtering option then and now?

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There was NO iPhone Tethering before they dropped the Unlimited plans.

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Maybe directly from AT&T. MyWi 4.0 works great on my iPhone 4! :)

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My grandson has a MacBok Pro, and has an iPhone through AT&T. He needed tethering and couldn't justify AT&T's high prices/limited resources and went to Sprint and got a tether dongle with unlimited data for $40.00/month.

Best of both worlds... now he has 3g on his MBP via Sprint's network for just over a buck-thirty a day!

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AT&T did not offer tethering before the rate-plan change.

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Ok,

I was just asking to see if there was. I know having the unlimited data plan is like gold right now. Wasn't sure if there was a golden goose like that before everything changed.

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As far as I know they didn't offer it before but some may have had it on like 3.1 but it was blocked with firmware updates.

I saw it on the radio!