iPhone Internet Tethering

Rooky007 · 6 Nov 2009 at 09:46

Has anyone here got Internet Tethering for their iPhone? Am wondering what is it really like in a Edge area aswell as 3G area.

I am going up to the Lakes today and thinking of getting tethering for a month so I can access the internet on my Laptop while up there.

Cheers

Adrianr · 6 Nov 2009 at 10:58

*** Of course it breaks the rule, it requires the phone being jailbroken. If you know it's not allowed, don't post it ***

Cavallino · 6 Nov 2009 at 11:12

It doesnt break the rules. Internet tethering is allowed by O2 (assuming he is O2).

http://shop.o2.co.uk/update/internet.html

EDIT: Ah sorry realised that the above posters post was edited by a mod.

uvarvu · 12 Nov 2009 at 19:08

I'm curious about this now. Before I was totally put off by the pricing, but now o2 home broadband is INCLUDED in the price!

Morfik · 13 Nov 2009 at 15:53

Thought i'd give it a try too as with the broadband discounts it's effectively £2.50 a month. So far only tested it in central London and speeds were awful, barely better than EDGE. However might be better in the rest of the country.

OllyM · 13 Nov 2009 at 17:52

That'll be thanks to O2's oversubscribed and under provisioned 3G network in London...

Dewotter · 13 Nov 2009 at 18:11

Is their any deal for those who already use their home broadband connection?

uvarvu · 13 Nov 2009 at 21:13

Yes, I phoned up to make sure.

Burned_Alive · 13 Nov 2009 at 22:12

uvarvu said:
Yes, I phoned up to make sure.

Yes what? If I already have O2 Home Broadband, do I get free internet tethering?

uvarvu · 13 Nov 2009 at 22:50

You end up paying for the internet tethering and getting the broadband for free. So £2.50 more per month if you're on 8mb.

MacRS4 · 16 Nov 2009 at 10:28

This still works on my non-jailbroken iPhone. Been using it for months.

It's not brilliantly fast, my vodafone dongle is loads faster.

Morfik · 16 Nov 2009 at 18:29

MacRS4 said:
This still works on my non-jailbroken iPhone. Been using it for months.

It's not brilliantly fast, my vodafone dongle is loads faster.

That no longer works on 3.1 or likely on any future software upgrades.

MacRS4 · 16 Nov 2009 at 18:48

Mine is a 3G 3.1.2 still locked to O2 and the tethering works fine. To be fair I did the above when it was on a far earlier OS - it hasn't broken on the way up through the upgrades though.

I haven't another phone about to see if it will still work natively on 3.1.x.

Morfik · 16 Nov 2009 at 22:55

Have you actually tried it or just checked the option is still there? When you try to turn it on I bet you it will disappear

MacRS4 · 17 Nov 2009 at 10:09

I use it a lot. You've got me paranoid now that next time I plug it in it's going to go boof