http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/02/atandt-makes-sweeping-changes-to-data-plans-iphone-tethering-comi/ Engadget Comments for http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/02/atandt-makes-sweeping-changes-to-data-plans-iphone-tethering-comi/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/02/atandt-makes-sweeping-changes-to-data-plans-iphone-tethering-comi/Jun 2nd 2010 3:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/02/atandt-makes-sweeping-changes-to-data-plans-iphone-tethering-comi/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/02/atandt-makes-sweeping-changes-to-data-plans-iphone-tethering-comi/Because they want you to buy a seperate plan for notebook and netbook use.]]>Jun 2nd 2010 3:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/02/atandt-makes-sweeping-changes-to-data-plans-iphone-tethering-comi/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/02/atandt-makes-sweeping-changes-to-data-plans-iphone-tethering-comi/i dont get it either. im tethering for free on nexus one with froyo on t-mobile. before that i was still tethering after i root my phone.]]>Jun 2nd 2010 3:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/02/atandt-makes-sweeping-changes-to-data-plans-iphone-tethering-comi/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/02/atandt-makes-sweeping-changes-to-data-plans-iphone-tethering-comi/
i'm tired reading apple news.

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http://www.engadget.com/exclude/Apple

Problem solved.]]>Jun 2nd 2010 3:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/02/atandt-makes-sweeping-changes-to-data-plans-iphone-tethering-comi/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/02/atandt-makes-sweeping-changes-to-data-plans-iphone-tethering-comi/Jun 2nd 2010 3:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/02/atandt-makes-sweeping-changes-to-data-plans-iphone-tethering-comi/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/02/atandt-makes-sweeping-changes-to-data-plans-iphone-tethering-comi/
I was just joking when I thought people would actually think that iPhone tethering would be free? Are iPhone users that oblivious to the other tethered options that AT&T offers that all cost extra? Is the iPhone suppose to get some sort of special treatment I was unaware of? This was a pretty easy thing to decipher that it'd be an extra cost.]]>Jun 2nd 2010 3:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/02/atandt-makes-sweeping-changes-to-data-plans-iphone-tethering-comi/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/02/atandt-makes-sweeping-changes-to-data-plans-iphone-tethering-comi/
That actually doesn't solve his problem since this story was not tagged apple :P]]>Jun 2nd 2010 4:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/02/atandt-makes-sweeping-changes-to-data-plans-iphone-tethering-comi/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/02/atandt-makes-sweeping-changes-to-data-plans-iphone-tethering-comi/YOU'RE FAIL

i'm still this stupid article regarding iphone os.

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What I want to know is ... Will that 100% monthly data usage email warning I get from AT&T push me over the limit so that I get charged that extra $10?

The final warning email should be sent at 99.9%.]]>Jun 2nd 2010 4:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/02/atandt-makes-sweeping-changes-to-data-plans-iphone-tethering-comi/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/02/atandt-makes-sweeping-changes-to-data-plans-iphone-tethering-comi/Jun 2nd 2010 5:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/02/atandt-makes-sweeping-changes-to-data-plans-iphone-tethering-comi/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/02/atandt-makes-sweeping-changes-to-data-plans-iphone-tethering-comi/]]>Jun 2nd 2010 5:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/02/atandt-makes-sweeping-changes-to-data-plans-iphone-tethering-comi/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/02/atandt-makes-sweeping-changes-to-data-plans-iphone-tethering-comi/Jun 2nd 2010 5:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/02/atandt-makes-sweeping-changes-to-data-plans-iphone-tethering-comi/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/02/atandt-makes-sweeping-changes-to-data-plans-iphone-tethering-comi/Jun 2nd 2010 6:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/02/atandt-makes-sweeping-changes-to-data-plans-iphone-tethering-comi/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/02/atandt-makes-sweeping-changes-to-data-plans-iphone-tethering-comi/
3gb??? I can do that in one day!!!! Wcat the fuck!!!! Now. Am forced to get an Android!!!!]]>Jun 2nd 2010 6:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/02/atandt-makes-sweeping-changes-to-data-plans-iphone-tethering-comi/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/02/atandt-makes-sweeping-changes-to-data-plans-iphone-tethering-comi/
Thank god for a competitive British telecommunications market. I phoned T-Mobile up and they said tethering would be free on my desire.]]>Jun 2nd 2010 6:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/02/atandt-makes-sweeping-changes-to-data-plans-iphone-tethering-comi/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/02/atandt-makes-sweeping-changes-to-data-plans-iphone-tethering-comi/
*when 2.2 comes out.]]>Jun 2nd 2010 6:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/02/atandt-makes-sweeping-changes-to-data-plans-iphone-tethering-comi/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/02/atandt-makes-sweeping-changes-to-data-plans-iphone-tethering-comi/Jun 2nd 2010 7:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/02/atandt-makes-sweeping-changes-to-data-plans-iphone-tethering-comi/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/02/atandt-makes-sweeping-changes-to-data-plans-iphone-tethering-comi/Jun 2nd 2010 7:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/02/atandt-makes-sweeping-changes-to-data-plans-iphone-tethering-comi/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/02/atandt-makes-sweeping-changes-to-data-plans-iphone-tethering-comi/
Agreed. You have a set amount of data. You should be able to use it how you want. If you go over, you pay the extra $10 per 1GB.

Most of my heavy use is at the house over Wi-Fi anyways.]]>Jun 2nd 2010 7:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/02/atandt-makes-sweeping-changes-to-data-plans-iphone-tethering-comi/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/02/atandt-makes-sweeping-changes-to-data-plans-iphone-tethering-comi/
I will say they need to work on thevwsy the iPhone handles wifi connections if they are going to start capping. If I am hooked into wifi then it should never use one kilobyte of data on the cell network. As it is now I can sit here at home all night with wifi goung the whole time but it still uses the network data oir email checking when the phone is locked evidently. Plus that would help with the stupid lag every time I try to use the phone and it starts the wifi radio back up. ]]>Jun 2nd 2010 8:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/02/atandt-makes-sweeping-changes-to-data-plans-iphone-tethering-comi/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/02/atandt-makes-sweeping-changes-to-data-plans-iphone-tethering-comi/because mobile data is based on shared connection by design.
and by making an estimate of the data used n each device (a mobile will use less than a PC due to it's size, ram...) and the average and peak subscribers at any time on a time, you can make the proper investments.
these lead to the current plan pricing. (although I agree they are quite expensive)

using a laptop, or tethering, causes you to use a lot more data , and the investment in towers and infrastructure is much higher.

it is not like landlines, where 10 people can have 4 MB/s unlimited, connected to an exchange, 10 exchange connected to a main exchange with 100MB/s links, then you have a connection to the backbone capable of supporting this. there you pay for the line, so the amount of data that transit does not matter.
NOTE: this above is a simplified view, and not totally correct, but provides the proper information for that example.

]]>Jun 2nd 2010 8:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/02/atandt-makes-sweeping-changes-to-data-plans-iphone-tethering-comi/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/02/atandt-makes-sweeping-changes-to-data-plans-iphone-tethering-comi/Jun 2nd 2010 8:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/02/atandt-makes-sweeping-changes-to-data-plans-iphone-tethering-comi/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/02/atandt-makes-sweeping-changes-to-data-plans-iphone-tethering-comi/Jun 2nd 2010 8:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/02/atandt-makes-sweeping-changes-to-data-plans-iphone-tethering-comi/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/02/atandt-makes-sweeping-changes-to-data-plans-iphone-tethering-comi/
Agreed. Esp. now that they've outlined a specific price for a specific amount of data. Whether I get the allotted data directly, or whether I then send it over a cable to my pc, what does AT&T care? It's still a fixed amount of data that I'm paying a fixed amount for.]]>Jun 2nd 2010 8:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/02/atandt-makes-sweeping-changes-to-data-plans-iphone-tethering-comi/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/02/atandt-makes-sweeping-changes-to-data-plans-iphone-tethering-comi/Jun 2nd 2010 8:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/02/atandt-makes-sweeping-changes-to-data-plans-iphone-tethering-comi/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/02/atandt-makes-sweeping-changes-to-data-plans-iphone-tethering-comi/Jun 2nd 2010 9:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/02/atandt-makes-sweeping-changes-to-data-plans-iphone-tethering-comi/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/02/atandt-makes-sweeping-changes-to-data-plans-iphone-tethering-comi/Jun 2nd 2010 9:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/02/atandt-makes-sweeping-changes-to-data-plans-iphone-tethering-comi/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/02/atandt-makes-sweeping-changes-to-data-plans-iphone-tethering-comi/i totally agree. finally a plan in Canada is actually cheaper than one in the States.
I pay $30 for 6Gig with tethering at rogers.
I think if you jailbreak your phone you can get around paying for tethering.]]>Jun 2nd 2010 9:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/02/atandt-makes-sweeping-changes-to-data-plans-iphone-tethering-comi/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/02/atandt-makes-sweeping-changes-to-data-plans-iphone-tethering-comi/Jun 2nd 2010 9:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/02/atandt-makes-sweeping-changes-to-data-plans-iphone-tethering-comi/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/02/atandt-makes-sweeping-changes-to-data-plans-iphone-tethering-comi/Jun 2nd 2010 10:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/02/atandt-makes-sweeping-changes-to-data-plans-iphone-tethering-comi/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/02/atandt-makes-sweeping-changes-to-data-plans-iphone-tethering-comi/
Over the past 7 months, I averaged 542MB a month. The highest data usage I had was in April, 712MB, with October coming in close at 694MB; the lowest was November, with 283MB used. Seeing as I was in Jersey for Bamboozle at the beginning of May at a hotel without working internet, I wonder how my data looks while I was tethered; uploading photos to the interweb and the whatnot.

Now, my data usage over the past 2 years at AT&T (I started with the iPhone 3G in late September) was probably higher at the start, seeing as I was in a data-raging state with my first iPhone, so I've become more privy to managing my data (or just getting sick of quasi-mobile versions of sites and waiting til I get home, using Newsstand while I'm out). I'm only using between a fourth and a third of the proposed 2GB cap, so hitting that won't be a problem.

The problem is having to wait until my contract expires at AT&T before I can switch to Sprint...next summer.]]>Jun 2nd 2010 10:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/02/atandt-makes-sweeping-changes-to-data-plans-iphone-tethering-comi/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/02/atandt-makes-sweeping-changes-to-data-plans-iphone-tethering-comi/
Wow...every other site talks about the "iPad bait and switch" or "you know that data plan Steve Jobs was so proud of...well about that" or "AT&T just killed off iPhone/iPad hopes".
...and then here's Engadget: AT&T makes "sweeping changes"...Oh but look over there, shiny new iPhone OS 4 has tethering!!~1!
And buried deep in the article you finally find out in the last section that iPad and iPhone owners are getting screwed royally by the fact that they can't use more than 2G of broadband data before the overages come rolling in.
Ok, so AT&T realizes they can make some money here. Fine. Jobs sold us on some bogus "unlimited" plan. Fine. That stuff happens. But just because Jobs and AT&T are pulling a bait and switch doesn't mean that Engadget has to cover for them. Unless they want to change their name to Engapple or Appagadget.

Engadget: we're not dumb; we see what you are doing. It's like watching NCAA refs call it for the same teams every year--sure we keep coming back, but eventually (read: now) we stop liking you.

]]>Jun 2nd 2010 10:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/02/atandt-makes-sweeping-changes-to-data-plans-iphone-tethering-comi/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/02/atandt-makes-sweeping-changes-to-data-plans-iphone-tethering-comi/I an see how you would look at this as a bait-and-switch. I am not happy about additional cost to tether when the bandwidth limit is capped.
But I see the new data plans as a positive thing. The users who regularly stay under 2GB (like me) and even under 200MB (like my wife) no longer have to subsidize the heavy data users. This will save me $20/month and not affect my usage at all.]]>Jun 2nd 2010 11:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/02/atandt-makes-sweeping-changes-to-data-plans-iphone-tethering-comi/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/02/atandt-makes-sweeping-changes-to-data-plans-iphone-tethering-comi/
http://www.engadget.com/exclude/iphone

dumbass.]]>Jun 2nd 2010 11:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/02/atandt-makes-sweeping-changes-to-data-plans-iphone-tethering-comi/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/02/atandt-makes-sweeping-changes-to-data-plans-iphone-tethering-comi/I'm tired of reading your comments with poor grammar. ]]>Jun 2nd 2010 11:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/02/atandt-makes-sweeping-changes-to-data-plans-iphone-tethering-comi/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/02/atandt-makes-sweeping-changes-to-data-plans-iphone-tethering-comi/This is actually ATT news, but sadly ATT is the carrier for 'The Phone'.]]>Jun 2nd 2010 12:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/02/atandt-makes-sweeping-changes-to-data-plans-iphone-tethering-comi/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/02/atandt-makes-sweeping-changes-to-data-plans-iphone-tethering-comi/Jun 2nd 2010 12:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/02/atandt-makes-sweeping-changes-to-data-plans-iphone-tethering-comi/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/02/atandt-makes-sweeping-changes-to-data-plans-iphone-tethering-comi/Jun 2nd 2010 12:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/02/atandt-makes-sweeping-changes-to-data-plans-iphone-tethering-comi/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/02/atandt-makes-sweeping-changes-to-data-plans-iphone-tethering-comi/
Sprint here I come!]]>Jun 2nd 2010 1:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/02/atandt-makes-sweeping-changes-to-data-plans-iphone-tethering-comi/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/02/atandt-makes-sweeping-changes-to-data-plans-iphone-tethering-comi/Jun 2nd 2010 1:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/02/atandt-makes-sweeping-changes-to-data-plans-iphone-tethering-comi/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/02/atandt-makes-sweeping-changes-to-data-plans-iphone-tethering-comi/http://j.mp/iphone-from-red-v-reality]]>Jun 2nd 2010 1:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/02/atandt-makes-sweeping-changes-to-data-plans-iphone-tethering-comi/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/02/atandt-makes-sweeping-changes-to-data-plans-iphone-tethering-comi/
But but Dell Lightning is only for ATT and and TMobile, can this unlock to Sprint!?]]>Jun 2nd 2010 1:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/02/atandt-makes-sweeping-changes-to-data-plans-iphone-tethering-comi/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/02/atandt-makes-sweeping-changes-to-data-plans-iphone-tethering-comi/Jun 2nd 2010 1:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/02/atandt-makes-sweeping-changes-to-data-plans-iphone-tethering-comi/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/02/atandt-makes-sweeping-changes-to-data-plans-iphone-tethering-comi/
That's because T-Mobile isn't an evil machine run by big fat money grubbing suits smoking cigars, sipping on scotch in their offices and slapping their secretaries on the ass as they walk by.]]>Jun 2nd 2010 1:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/02/atandt-makes-sweeping-changes-to-data-plans-iphone-tethering-comi/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/02/atandt-makes-sweeping-changes-to-data-plans-iphone-tethering-comi/Jun 2nd 2010 2:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/02/atandt-makes-sweeping-changes-to-data-plans-iphone-tethering-comi/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/02/atandt-makes-sweeping-changes-to-data-plans-iphone-tethering-comi/
seriously, that makes absolutely no fucking sense.]]>Jun 2nd 2010 3:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/02/atandt-makes-sweeping-changes-to-data-plans-iphone-tethering-comi/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/02/atandt-makes-sweeping-changes-to-data-plans-iphone-tethering-comi/Jun 2nd 2010 3:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/02/atandt-makes-sweeping-changes-to-data-plans-iphone-tethering-comi/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/02/atandt-makes-sweeping-changes-to-data-plans-iphone-tethering-comi/Jun 2nd 2010 4:16PM