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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#22Hmmm. 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).
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 ...)
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?
Re: "Official" IPhone tethering from AT&T at $55/month
#23Earlier quoted context omitted.
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 wil…
"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.
'et all' refers to the other players in cellular service, so the question restated is "Why can't AT&T and other providers get it?"
I do agree with what you say about AT&T's sins being 'forgiven' by offering the iPhone, but that is a function of a market monopoly. I have an iPhone and I use it on AT&T. Coverage is decent in my area including 3G, and I don't mind the price. That said, if Apple offered the phone through multiple carriers then the consumers would be in a better spot because they could choose which carrier to sign with.
Re: "Official" IPhone tethering from AT&T at $55/month
#24Earlier quoted context omitted.
"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.
'et all' refers to the other players in cellular service, so the question restated is "Why can't AT&T and other providers get it?" I do agree with what you say about AT&T's sins being 'forgiven' by offering the iPhone, but that is a function of a market monopoly. I have an iPhone and I use it on AT&T. Coverage is decent in my area including 3G, and I don't mind the price. That said, if Apple offered the phone through…
' ... so the question restated is "Why can't AT&T and other providers get it?"'
Some do. I'm quite happy with T-mobile. No interference (so far) about the G1 tethering app (Proxoid). Really good customer service.
"I do agree with what you say about AT&T's sins being 'forgiven' by offering the iPhone, but that is a function of a market monopoly. "
The weird thing is, I don't think I've heard any iPhone users express any misgivings about using AT&T. The interest in the phone is overwhelming. Yet users have a choice: pick a different phone.
AT&T has a "phone I really REALLY have the hots for" monopoly, not a smartphone monopoly. People shouldn't support a questionable service provider and then gripe about how they behave just because the available market choices are not quite as they would prefer.