kilometers
join:2007-01-24
Sacramento, CA | Expensive =\
So my service with the iPhone would go over 110 bucks a month if I wanted to use it on my laptop. I'll pass.
I guess it is a nice alternative though to paying a separate 60 bucks a month for aircard service. |
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NOCMan
Verizon Fios User
Premium
join:2004-09-30
Flower Mound, TX | *jaw hits floor*
They're already scalping you on the data plan and now that. I'll pass too. |
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Dogfather
Premium
join:2007-12-26
Laguna Hills, CA | I have the same 5GB cap...
...with my AT&T DataConnect card plan. I was unaware that any AT&T dataconnect plan was "unlimited". |
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DarnellP
join:2004-10-12
Las Vegas, NV | Because there aren't any... |
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adfsf141
@maintech1.com | reply to kilometers
Re: Expensive =\
Isn't Sprint everything plan give you unlimited text and data? Then just get a PDA and you tether all you want.
I have the old SERO ($30/month) and I can tether all I want. |
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en102
Canadian, eh?
join:2001-01-26
Valencia, CA
 ·RoadRunner Cable
 ·DSL EXTREME
| reply to Dogfather
Re: I have the same 5GB cap...
Lets see...
Laptop card plan... $60/month, 5GB
Typical tethered plan (laptop connect plan): $60/month ontop of voice service: 5GB cap
iPhone tethered plan: $30 ontop of existing $30 data plan, 5GB cap + voice
I don't see much of a difference here.
Plan Name Monthly Cost Included Data Additional data International Data Additional Features
Data Connect $60.00 5 GB 0.00048/KB 0.0195/KB View Details
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jmn1207
Premium
join:2000-07-19
Reston, VA | Yikes
Sprint charges $15/month for this feature if you have the "Everything Plan". (everything but tethered service)
With identical caps, I would have thought that the prices would be similar with an existing voice/data plan. |
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jchambers28
join:2007-05-12
Alma, AR | never
I will never get cell phone wireless internet it cost too much for what you get and there is a 5GB cap on the service. Its crazy you pay the bill they tell you how much you can use it FU**k them. |
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spamd
Premium
join:2001-04-22
Rockford, IL
·Insight Communicat..
| reply to adfsf141
Re: Expensive =\
Nope. Sprint switch to the 5GB plan too, just like everyone else.
»Sprint EVDO Monthly Caps Arrive
»sprintusers.com/forum/showthread···t=163559
»www.electronista.com/articles/08···a.limit/ |
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nnaarrnn
join:2004-09-30
Nitro, WV
 ·Vonage
 ·Sprint Mobile Broa..
·Suddenlink
| Sprint Business
Caps don't apply to business account for Sprint. We use EVDO cards for failovers for T-1s, and most of the techs at our company tether with their phones, and we don't incur any extra charges using probably 100+GB total on all 18 lines. (3 data cards, 15 phones) |
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kevinzak76
join:2001-03-30
Buffalo, NY
| reply to jchambers28
Re: never
said by jchambers28  :I will never get cell phone wireless internet it cost too much for what you get and there is a 5GB cap on the service. Its crazy you pay the bill they tell you how much you can use it FU**k them. yeah, fu*k my car too..i pay for gas, then my car only goes 300 miles before i have to pay again.. |
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whiteyonenh
join:2004-08-09
Keene, NH
clubs:
·RoadRunner Cable
| reply to jchambers28
said by jchambers28 :I will never get cell phone wireless internet it cost too much for what you get and there is a 5GB cap on the service. Its crazy you pay the bill they tell you how much you can use it FU**k them. This is different than a limited amount of anytime minutes per month how? |
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PolarBear
The bear formerly known as aaron8301
Premium
join:2005-01-03 | Yay for T-mo
Unlimited teathering is included with the $20 unlimited data plan I have for my blackberry. Sure, it's only EDGE, but I don't live anywhere near one of AT&T's tiny 3G offerings anyway. |
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moonpuppy
join:2000-08-21
Glen Burnie, MD | So funny...
People think unlimited tethering on a cell phone will be cheap. 
Come on people, there isn't enough bandwidth to do this. |
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xenophon
join:2007-09-17 | reply to jmn1207
Re: Yikes
Yeah, I'm doing it on my Sprint Treo for the normal $15/month data charge. And Sprint's EVDO coverage is about 5x more than ATT. |
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Wills
join:2001-01-03
Port Charlotte, FL
| Or you can get software to run on your Windows Mobile phone and tether it for nothing.
I tether my Spint Samsung ACE and don't pay anything extra.
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xenophon
join:2007-09-17 | Can do that on Treo too for the normal data charge, not an extra tethering charge. |
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Jmartz
join:2000-07-20
Tenafly, NJ
| reply to moonpuppy
Re: So funny...
I tether my Blackjack 2 to my laptop all the time. Works like a charm. Costs me $65/month for voice and unlimited data. I guess I am wondering how AT&T would know you are tethering your cell phone? Is the iPhone physically locked to prevent tethering? Will signing up for this plan get you a firmware upgrade or something?
I know that technically I am not supposed to tether my blackjack 2 to my PC without getting the Laptop Connect plan... but it works without it. I have an unlimited Media Net plan (grandfathered into it). $65/month after my companies employee discount. |
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swintec
Premium
join:2003-12-19
Alfred, ME
 ·RapidVPS
·surpasshosting
·Sprint Mobile Broa..
·VoicePulse
·RoadRunner Cable
| reply to adfsf141
Re: Expensive =\
said by adfsf141 :
Isn't Sprint everything plan give you unlimited text and data? Then just get a PDA and you tether all you want.
I have the old SERO ($30/month) and I can tether all I want.
You arent suppose to and some have been given quite the hefty data bill for tethering with there phones without a Phone as Modem plan. Occasional usage seems to be OK though.
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djrobx
join:2000-05-31
Valencia, CA
·PHONE POWER
 ·AT&T U-Verse
·AT&T CallVantage
·Time Warner VOIP
·RoadRunner Cable
| reply to moonpuppy
Re: So funny...
said by moonpuppy :People think unlimited tethering on a cell phone will be cheap. Come on people, there isn't enough bandwidth to do this. Usually when I tether it's only to check my email or browse a couple websites while I'm in a hotel waiting around for something. I'm sure I'm not alone. $30 additional is absolutely outrageous for people like me who are very light tether users.
If I'm limited to 5GB on the phone, what does it matter whether it's the phone or my PC pulling the data? As phones get more sophisticated, that distinction gets blurrier anyway.
If their network can't handle the strain they should have set more sensible limits. That would put a quick stop to people watching 1mbps streaming SlingBox videos for hours on end. Not that there's anything wrong with that. They should offer a $60/month plan for people who do want to do that sort of thing.
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