[AusNOG] 'X' carrier tethering on iPhone v3.0

[Farrell, Trent]

I see your point there, though I had this stuck in my head:

http://benton.org/node/26004?utm_campaign=Benton%27s+Headlines&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=2009/06/17/nid-26009&

I suppose that could just be AT&T blowing smoke...

-t

Mark Newton wrote:
>
> On 19/06/2009, at 11:02 AM, Farrell, Trent wrote:
>> I assumed that the reason Optus wanted to charge for tethering was to 
>> discourage every single customer using it, a sort of self 
>> preservation tactic I guess 
>
> What would they be preserving?  The iPhone handset is just another bit
> of CPE a customer can use to access their network, right?  Why would
> they care?
>
> I think they're charging for it because they can.  No great mystery 
> there. 
>
> Perhaps they think most users are too unsophisticated to do it themselves.
> If that's the case, there's probably an opening for some third party 
> to start a 
> business which advertises tethering for Optus customers for $8 per month.
> :-)
>
>   - mark
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