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

#1

Post by osipov » Thu, Jul 09, 2009, 6:48 PM UTC

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

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#2

Post by tptacek » Thu, Jul 09, 2009, 7:08 PM UTC

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.

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Post by byteCoder » Thu, Jul 09, 2009, 7:09 PM UTC

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.

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#4

Post by Oompa » Thu, Jul 09, 2009, 7:25 PM UTC

Fuck AT&T.

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#5

Post by gamache » Thu, Jul 09, 2009, 7:35 PM UTC

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

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Post by gamache » Thu, Jul 09, 2009, 7:39 PM UTC

byteCoder wrote: post #3

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.

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.

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#7

Post by icey » Thu, Jul 09, 2009, 7:47 PM UTC

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).

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Post by Derrek » Thu, Jul 09, 2009, 7:47 PM UTC

byteCoder wrote: post #3

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.

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

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Post by TJensen » Thu, Jul 09, 2009, 7:48 PM UTC

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?

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Post by TrevorJ » Thu, Jul 09, 2009, 7:48 PM UTC

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.