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

[Mike O'Connor]

Hi All

I really do not understand how the carriers can justifies charging extra
when ever mobile I have had in the 4 years has been able do tethering
and its never need had a charge from the carrier.

The only thing I can see that is different is that for the first time we
have an American Phone on the market and the USA carriers have always
been funny about Internet data.

Mike


Mark Newton wrote:
>
> On 19/06/2009, at 12:59 AM, Scott Howard wrote:
>
>> On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 12:11 AM, Andrew Cox
>> <andrew at accessplus.com.au <mailto:andrew at accessplus.com.au>> wrote:
>>
>>     Possibly OT but no doubt of interest to some of us.
>>     Anyone with an iPhone using the new v3.0 firmware can enable
>>     tethering on Optus right now.
>>
>>
>> Just be aware that it's probably not going to be/stay free...
>>
>> http://www.smh.com.au/digital-life/mobiles/optus-iphone-tethering-comes-at-a-price-20090618-cizn.html
>
> Having trouble understanding how Optus (or any other carrier) can 
> distinguish between tethered access using their $10 per month paid-for
> option, and tethered access using http://tetherme.lstoll.net/
> that the end-user has set up without consulting them for free.
>
> I think carriers who charge $10 per month for a configuration file
> that the
> end user can create themselves are being a bit precious, and I really
> wish that tech journalists didn't maintain the facade by pretending that
> this is a feature that's under the carrier's control.  
>
> In the SMH article above Stephen Hutcheon writes, "Optus says the service
> will not be available to customers on pre-paid plans," the article
> really ought
> to have questioned Optus' credibility in making such a bizarre statement
> instead of just leaving it sitting out there like that.
>
> You've been able to do this /without carrier support/ on jailbroken
> iPhones
> since 2007.  
> http://lifehacker.com/software/feature/use-your-iphones-internet-connection-on-your-laptop-327066.php
> Now Apple supports it on non-jailbroken phones, and all of a sudden the 
> carriers expect everyone to believe that it costs extra?  Yer.  Right.
>
>
>
>   - mark
>
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