 Ricky Smith
Premium
join:2004-09-11
Winter Park, FL | Slow.. Unless the current app that's out there for unauthorized tethering is just extremely slow. I get crappy speeds all the time even on 3G.
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lynxy
join:2003-07-27
Danvers, MA
 ·Comcast
| Iphone tethering = GOOD BYE ATT ! This will be the day when I say GOOD BYE, ATT!
Internet is very slow now because of Iphones.... + tethering.... A lot of dropped calls on 3G.
(Don't say - this is your phone or try to call them, I tried. I'm a very patient customer.)
So sad, after 5 years with ATT to switch.  | |
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en102
Canadian, eh?
join:2001-01-26
Valencia, CA
·RoadRunner Cable
 ·DSL EXTREME
| Re: Iphone tethering = GOOD BYE ATT ! 3G is cr@ppy in most places because they have only deployed a single carrier (5MHz) out of their spectrum for voice + data on 3G. They _finally_ deployed a 2nd 5MHz carrier here in Santa Clarita, and it finally (after +1 year) works well.
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| | lynxy
join:2003-07-27
Danvers, MA | Re: Iphone tethering = GOOD BYE ATT ! I don't know what they deployed or going to, but the fact is now we have slow internet and drop calls.
When the network be ready, why not I come back. | |
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dan1431
join:2007-05-10
Boca Raton, FL
| UMTS/HSPA Speeds With the launch of the iPHONE 3G, for the first time I saw UMTS(3G) speeds dramatically decline for the first time since at&t Mobility was having issues in Southeastern Florida about a year and half ago.
Starting last week, for the first time since the iPHONE 3G's launch I have watched speeds return to normal levels and a few times actually increase (hopefully that trend will continue).
I spoke with an RF engineer for at&t Mobility and he said that the company (at&t Mobility) is frantically trying to repair the damage done by the iPHONE 3G and hopefully prevent further issues in the future.
He indicated that a tethering plan would not be launched until the engineering staff was sure that the iPHONE effect would not strike again. | |
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| | flyingjoey
join:2005-11-07
Jersey City, NJ
 ·Sprint Mobile Broa..
 ·Verizon FIOS
| Re: UMTS/HSPA Speeds What's wrong with this picture... AT&T customers are playing 30 bucks a month for subpar service which seems to be always down.
I've been with Sprint for 11 years and have been tethering my phones since I figured out how to (something like 2002). First with the Samsung A800, then with the PPC6700 and now with the PPC6800.
I consistently receive 1100down/400up and I’ve found 2 locations in NJ where I will always get 2200down/1200up (Hillside, NJ)… and this is all for $15 bucks a month (-27% off). They will have to drag me out kicking and screaming before I leave Sprint.
Btw, I do own an iPhone and the only reason why I have it it’s because it has all my music in it, and work pays for the service. | |
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join:2003-08-11
Hilliard, OH
| Re: UMTS/HSPA Speeds I think the point is that it's a lot easier to offer fast and consistent service when nobody else is using it (i.e. Sprint). If sprint were to launch an iphone with the same kind of #'s ATT did, I would expect similar issues.
Anyhow, I read here that ATT has additional spectrum available..I suspect as that rolls out 3G will improve for all of us. I'll keep my fingers crossed. | |
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join:2004-08-11
Columbus, OH
| Re: UMTS/HSPA Speeds said by beaups  :I think the point is that it's a lot easier to offer fast and consistent service when nobody else is using it (i.e. Sprint). If sprint were to launch an iphone with the same kind of #'s ATT did, I would expect similar issues. Even if that were true, which strikes me as unlikely given that it was just as fast before they started losing so many customers, it still suggests to me that I'm better off staying with Sprint.
So either Sprint's network is just plain better (my guess), or it's just less busy now and those of us left will get the benefits until they go under. Either way, I'd have to be insane to get an iPhone and switch. | |
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58ef2c0
Premium,ExMod 2000-03
join:2000-05-11
·AT&T Midwest
| Hmmm. I've been tethering my CU500V since I got it well over a year ago and it always works wherever I go. I'm not paying $30 a month extra to do it, either, and I get 3G speeds in a lot of outback places that aren't even announced as "live" yet.
Maybe its the iPhone that is the problem? Naw, Apple would never market something that underperforms it's ad hype.  | |
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Todd
@oar.net | Fast for me AT&T 3G where I am (NE Ohio) at least is fast when I tether my Tilt to my laptop. I consistently get 1.9 - 2.1 Mb/s down and 400 Kb/s up. | |
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NOVA_Guy
The EVIL TRIO- Obama, Pelosi, and Dodd
Premium
join:2002-03-05
Purcellville, VA
| This isn't anything new... Correct me if I'm wrong, but couldn't someone jailbreak their iPhone and use an app like PdaNet for tethering?
Certainly there can't be any clause in the contract about not jailbreaking a phone. And if I recall correctly, AT&T is advertising their $30/mo iPhone data plan as "unlimited".
Just an idea, not as though I'd really consider trying it right now.
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Seandhi
Seeing From a New Level
Premium
join:2003-04-19
Humble, TX
| Re: This isn't anything new... said by NOVA_Guy :Correct me if I'm wrong, but couldn't someone jailbreak their iPhone and use an app like PdaNet for tethering? Certainly there can't be any clause in the contract about not jailbreaking a phone. And if I recall correctly, AT&T is advertising their $30/mo iPhone data plan as "unlimited". Just an idea, not as though I'd really consider trying it right now. That's the thing: you'd have to jailbreak your phone, which is something that most users (including myself) don't wish to do. On top of that, the current solution for tethering on a jailbroken iPhone is anything but elegant. It requires a ton of configuration, and only works for applications that support SOCKS proxies.
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| | beaups
join:2003-08-11
Hilliard, OH | Re: This isn't anything new... the new pdanet software (for jailbroken iphone) requires none of that nonsense. all tcpip apps work and no proxy config. fyi | |
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Seandhi
Seeing From a New Level
Premium
join:2003-04-19
Humble, TX
| Re: This isn't anything new... said by beaups :the new pdanet software (for jailbroken iphone) requires none of that nonsense. all tcpip apps work and no proxy config. fyi Cool, I was not aware of that. Thanks!
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join:2003-08-11
Hilliard, OH | Re: This isn't anything new... no problem. my only complaint is you still have to manually set up and activate your ad-hoc wireless. I can't see why that's not built in, but its still pretty easy. | |
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SHABAZZ
join:2008-07-13
Seattle, WA | The best phone ever... This phone is great, but AT&T is milking it for all it's worth. All of these features could of been added at the beginning. | |
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AT&T Confirms iPhone Tethering 'Soon'
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