Tethering now possible.

[Tinman]

Originally Posted by acosmichippo

i don't think anyone is disputing it's against the TOS... nor that they monitor your data usage. The question is if they can prove you're using the iphone as a tethered device, which i don't think is possible.

Yea for the record pointing out the TOS is not the proof I meant. Might as well post " the rules" in a jailbreaking thread. Tilting at windmills...


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Mike

[ZipZap]

acosmichippo,

Could they actually say with 100% accuracy that you were tethering? Probably not.

But they would wonder what you are doing on you [i]phone to account for the activity. They can see where you are going and what you are doing and since the iphone is supposed to be a restricted device deduce that you are likely tethering and perhaps even hacked and using applications that are prohibited.

Regardless, ATT is the service provider so they can pretty much draw whatever conclusion they want and it will be up to you to prove your case.

There are a few reports of ATT taking action in extreme cases (cutoffs and billing), but they are not likely to do so.

All that said, the odds are slim that you will ever hear from them as I would think we would have seen more reports here of ATT actions. I think that has to do with the fact that the data service is Edge and not 3G (i.e., on the slow cheap service who gives a crap what you do).

I would expect that on 3G they will be monitoring more aggresively.

[Too Many Secrets]

Is this method of tethering still the best? Does this work with 1.1.3? or 1.1.4? I'm looking for a tethering solution for windows, but don't want to break anything. TIA

[iPhone69]

i'm looking for the same thing, any help?

[patrick_83]

Originally Posted by Too Many Secrets

Is this method of tethering still the best? Does this work with 1.1.3? or 1.1.4? I'm looking for a tethering solution for windows, but don't want to break anything. TIA

It worked for me, when i tried it, but that was about 2 months ago.

I use a windows PC

[iPhone69]

is there anyone out there who can translate all of this tech. lingo for me so i can have my phone as an external modem.

[CBRfanatic]

id be very careful with this, im more then certain they have ways of figuring that your more then likely tehtering, ie. torrenting with it etc, its kinda hard to rack in 100mb download in a month, lol, i just barely went past 50mb down for one month.

[larsdennert]

I'm just lurking here from everythingq.com because I'm considering buying an itouch for my wife.

I have a Verizon Moto Q that I tether with occasionally using a third party app to proxy the connection over usb or BT. The Q uses EVDO and I've seen data speeds of 1Mbit. You don't get noticed by Verizon unless you go over 5gig of data per month which is really tough to do. Verizon likes to charge for everything they can FYI. I doubt ATT will notice 100MB of data in a month especially as the iphone has a proper browser.

[Saurabh]

Dont worry about the amount of data you use. I have used over 200MBS of data a month. Once it was around 400Mbs because i had to download a sound book for a project and my internet was dead.