iPhone as a modem?

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As the title really. I used to have an HTC Touch HD and this was easy to use as a modem - same with my old LG Viewty. O2 would sometimes get a bit annoyed about it (write a letter if useage was too high) but otherwise it was fine.

Is it possible to do the same with an iPhone? I'm looking at the new 3GS.
 
Frank Butcher said:
Are o2 going to offer tethering from the 3GS release then? Any details on price and allowance?
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yeah, ~£15 per month for 3Gig download, as per Seft below

Seft said:
http://shop.o2.co.uk/update/internet.html
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... but unfortunately it's alsmost exactly the same as the 18 month contract of a mobile dongle...
http://shop.o2.co.uk/promo/o2mobilebroadband/tab/18_months

I'm going to see how things settle once 3.0 is out and jailbreakers report their findings, but suspect I'm going to buy a pas as you go dongle and probably buy daily/weekly access, as it's only on rare occasion that I need access from my laptop.
 
I thought they would do USB tethering but it looks like Bluetooth and Wifi only. You can still plug the USB in to keep the phone charged but I thought USB would be more reliable. I can USB tether a jailbroken iPhone 3G and it works fine, I tried Wifi tethering using an adhoc network in Windows 7 without much success, even under XP it drops out. I hope Apple's solution is more reliable.
 
I was really hoping they'd make it about a tenner for the tethering, I do think £15 is a bit of a hit as a bolt on really. What I'd love is if they made a "day pass" for £2 or so with a small download limit, would be perfect for checking my emails etc, the odd time I take a long train journey :)
 
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