<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><br><div><div>On 19/06/2009, at 12:59 AM, Scott Howard wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite">On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 12:11 AM, Andrew Cox <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:andrew@accessplus.com.au">andrew@accessplus.com.au</a>></span> wrote:<br><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left-width: 1px; border-left-style: solid; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex; position: static; z-index: auto; "> <div bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"> Possibly OT but no doubt of interest to some of us. <br> Anyone with an iPhone using the new v3.0 firmware can enable tethering on Optus right now.<br></div></blockquote></div><br>Just be aware that it's probably not going to be/stay free...<br><br><a href="http://www.smh.com.au/digital-life/mobiles/optus-iphone-tethering-comes-at-a-price-20090618-cizn.html">http://www.smh.com.au/digital-life/mobiles/optus-iphone-tethering-comes-at-a-price-20090618-cizn.html</a></blockquote><br></div><div>Having trouble understanding how Optus (or any other carrier) can </div><div>distinguish between tethered access using their $10 per month paid-for</div><div>option, and tethered access using <a href="http://tetherme.lstoll.net/">http://tetherme.lstoll.net/</a></div><div>that the end-user has set up without consulting them for free.</div><div><br></div><div>I think carriers who charge $10 per month for a configuration file that the</div><div>end user can create themselves are being a bit precious, and I really</div><div>wish that tech journalists didn't maintain the facade by pretending that</div><div>this is a feature that's under the carrier's control. </div><div><br></div><div>In the SMH article above Stephen Hutcheon writes, "Optus says the service</div><div>will not be available to customers on pre-paid plans," the article really ought</div><div>to have questioned Optus' credibility in making such a bizarre statement</div><div>instead of just leaving it sitting out there like that.</div><div><br></div><div>You've been able to do this <i>without carrier support</i> on jailbroken iPhones</div><div>since 2007. </div><div><a href="http://lifehacker.com/software/feature/use-your-iphones-internet-connection-on-your-laptop-327066.php">http://lifehacker.com/software/feature/use-your-iphones-internet-connection-on-your-laptop-327066.php</a></div><div>Now Apple supports it on non-jailbroken phones, and all of a sudden the </div><div>carriers expect everyone to believe that it costs extra? Yer. Right.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div> - mark</div><br><div apple-content-edited="true"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Andale Mono'" size="1"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 9px; "><br class="Apple-interchange-newline">--</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Andale Mono'"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="1"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 9px; ">Mark Newton Email: <a href="mailto:newton@internode.com.au">newton@internode.com.au</a> (W)</span></font></font></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Andale Mono'"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="1"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 9px; ">Network Engineer Email: <a href="mailto:newton@atdot.dotat.org">newton@atdot.dotat.org</a> (H)</span></font></font></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Andale Mono'"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="1"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 9px; ">Internode Pty Ltd Desk: +61-8-82282999</span></font></font></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Andale Mono'"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="1"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 9px; ">"Network Man" - Anagram of "Mark Newton" Mobile: +61-416-202-223</span></font></font></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Andale Mono'"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="1"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 9px; "><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></span></font></font></font></div></div></div></span><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></div></span><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></span><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></div></span> </div><br></body></html>