Tag Archives: tethering
AT&T Increases Data Allowance on Tethering Plans By 2GB
AT&T has announced in a press release today that the upcoming release of its new ‘Mobile Hotspot Application’, which allows users to share a handset’s 3G data connection, will see data allowance for smartphones increase from 2GB to 4GB per month at no extra charge. The service is set to …
Verizon iPhone 4 Can Be Mobile Wi-Fi Connection for Other Devices
A new feature named ‘Personal Hotspot’ will be introduced in the new CMDA iPhone 4, which was announced by Verizon and Apple earlier today. The feature will allow the device to act as a mobile Wi-Fi connection for up to 5 devices. The new iPhone, due to be released on …
New AT&T Data Plans Coming Next Week – No More Unlimited Option
Starting next week (June 7) AT&T will make major changes to its wireless data plans. There is no longer an unlimited plan for the iPhone, instead there are basic and pro options capped at 200MB and 2GB of data per month respectively. Existing customers can choose to keep their current …
Rogers/Fido: iPhone tethering for all data plans 1GB and above
[click on the picture for a larger view] Oh my goodness. Somebody slap me and take away $5 more out of my wallet per month, because I might just be tempted to upgrade my $25/500MB plan to a $30/1GB plan now that Rogers and Fido have finally gotten off of …
Review: MyWi turns your iPhone into a wireless hotspot [Jailbreak Apps]
The reason that MyWi rocks (aside from the fact that it’s on the Rock store) should be pretty evident to people without a 3G modem on their laptops: it’s a jailbreak app that lets you tether and even turn your iPhone into a mobile wireless router. Not every country supports …
Rogers/Fido extends free iPhone tethering until May 3, 2010
Well, it looks like Rogers iPhone customers with data plans consisting of at least 1GB will be tethering for free until May of 2010 — that’s five months more of free tethering, which was previously set to end on December 31, 2009. There doesn’t seem to be an official reason …
Check out the new wave of iPhone plans in Canada
Look out Rogers and Fido, Bell and Telus want them some 3G Apple pie. The prices ($199 for 16GB 3GS, etc.) and plan lengths (three years) are all the same, but there are some differences in plans. That’s fine, though, since it’s really the cost of the monthly plan that …
"Fine Tuning" Still Needed Before Internet Tethering for iPhone, says AT&T
The Wall Street Journal is reporting that after AT&T’s recent announcement that they will allow VoIP on their network, iPhone customers have now begun to ask if AT&T will ever deliver on their promise to offer internet tethering for iPhone owners. So, what does AT&T have to say about this? …
AT&T Delivers MMS To iPhone on September 25th
AT&T has announced in a press release that MMS would be coming to iPhone users in the United States on September 25th. We’ve been working for the past several months to prepare our systems and network to ensure the best possible experience with MMS when it launches – and that …
Heads Up! iPhone 3.1 Beta 2 Disables Tethering!
After I posted the update to the Internet Tethering process last night, I came across a post on MacRumors where it’s being reported that the iPhone OS 3.1 Beta 2 has disabled the Internet Tethering capability for US AT&T customers. I have not yet personally verified this as I’ve not …
Update to iPhone OS 3.0 Tethering Process
It appears that the process I mentioned in a previous blog post on how to enable tethering in iPhone OS 3.0 via a quick carrier settings file downloaded from a website is no longer able to be accomplished as the URL referenced to download the file is no longer valid. …