AT&T is Getting Their Network Ready for iPhone 4 Personal Hotspot Feature

**mr117** · 02-20-2011, 09:05 AM

My AT&T works fine. It didn't until they did their merger a while back, when I had it the first time I got out of my contract after a year of promises that I could connect where I worked by dragging the gov't in (this was during the time of the Wireless Consumer Bill of Rights that seems to have been totally forgotten by gov't regulators now- unlock on request, remember that one?). But now? No problem in California and, when I travelled back east last year, it worked fine in Philly and Jersey. My older son travels all over the country installing art pieces, and it works wherever he goes. So making some kind of smarmy comment about how it doesn't work just throws the writer's biases into focus and makes me doubt the veracity of what he writes.

As to tethering, I have TetherMe and it works fine. I don't need it that much (usually I stay in hotels that have WiFi) so didn't see the need to spend more. But if MiWi makes people happy and they get more functionality, I have no issues with them spending more than me. It's opportunity cost and substitute goods in action.

As to the name-calling, it would be nice if that would just... go away. We all know what opinions are like, and of course OURS doesn't smell. How about just keeping things civil, and leave the trash talk on the Jr. High playground.

**bigboyz** · 02-20-2011, 09:06 AM

Why pay a $20 monthly charge, when you can pay a one time 20-$25 fee?? No brainer to me :]

**Nickaroni22** · 02-20-2011, 09:16 AM

MyWi is the best thing out there, AT&T is way late on this hotspot feature, plus they want to charge you $20 more for it. That itself is crazy.

**sziklassy** · 02-20-2011, 10:04 AM

Originally Posted by Major Herbie

Not Deja Vu it's a pretty straight forward steal. More people are commenting on this one even though mine was posted first.

You know, I saw a pretty big car accident once on the 101 freeway and blogged about it. I was pretty pissed to hear that more people knew about it from the NEWS COVERAGE than through my blog.

**Bluemoldycheeze88** · 02-20-2011, 10:06 AM

They should just bring back unlimited Data for a limited Time.

**sziklassy** · 02-20-2011, 10:09 AM

AND, on a sidenote, with bandwidth becoming more and more precious these days, I am betting these companies (not just ATT but all cell phone companies) are going to start cracking down on those stealing their tethering plans. Either that, or just start imposing really low data caps... as ATT has already done. Who is to blame? Consumers that don;t want to pay for what they are using. I don't see this as being any different than pirating a game from a major developer. You are getting something for nothing.

**BenderRodriguez** · 02-20-2011, 10:15 AM

Originally Posted by sziklassy

AND, on a sidenote, with bandwidth becoming more and more precious these days, I am betting these companies (not just ATT but all cell phone companies) are going to start cracking down on those stealing their tethering plans. Either that, or just start imposing really low data caps... as ATT has already done. Who is to blame? Consumers that don;t want to pay for what they are using. I don't see this as being any different than pirating a game from a major developer. You are getting something for nothing.

Well yes AT&T hates me, Recieved 133gigs sent 3.4gigs, and all of that is just from Netflix on 3G over the course of about 3 months, I have the unlimited plan haha AT&T

**iCeDmAn** · 02-20-2011, 10:15 AM

Originally Posted by Dizzy714

Get out of here with that cheap AT&T blow guy, hater. Not a damn thing wrong with AT&T's network.

Obviously you don't live in NYC.

**sziklassy** · 02-20-2011, 10:18 AM

Originally Posted by BenderRodriguez

Well yes AT&T hates me, Recieved 133gigs sent 3.4gigs, and all of that is just from Netflix on 3G over the course of about 3 months, I have the unlimited plan haha AT&T

Again, you may think you are "sticking it to the man", but you are just sticking it to yourself in the end. The grandfathered plan won't last forever, nor will ATT's willingness to look the other way.

**gustovier** · 02-20-2011, 10:36 AM

Originally Posted by z3r01

Bravo (or anyone with verizon iPhone), can you confirm if 4.3 tether is infrastructure or adhoc hotspot . (can it tether to psp/ps3/x360

Can anybody answer this?? This is the single thing that as of now none of the jailbreak solutions can do. Infrastrucure mode is what we need!(not just for ps3/xbox either a lot of devices are incompatible with adhoc mode)

**jmans25** · 02-20-2011, 02:33 PM

Originally Posted by z3r01

Bravo (or anyone with verizon iPhone), can you confirm if 4.3 tether is infrastructure or adhoc hotspot . (can it tether to psp/ps3/x360

Originally Posted by Assassination

Thank You! I wanna know this too! But I was spectating around and MOST LIKELY it's gonna be infrastructure.

Originally Posted by gustovier

Can anybody answer this?? This is the single thing that as of now none of the jailbreak solutions can do. Infrastrucure mode is what we need!(not just for ps3/xbox either a lot of devices are incompatible with adhoc mode)

Yes, it is infrastructure! WPA-PSK is only compatable with infrastructure, and here is a video showing the iphone connected to a laptop with WPA!
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AF6jXr0vw0U]YouTube - Firmware iOs 4.3 beta IPHONE 4 HOTSPOT WIFI[/ame]

EDIT: note that the video is not from me. ow, and i cant believe that the MyWi creatord didn't figure out that an inf network was possible. lol still cheers to them 4 bringing tethering b4 apple!

**daorigin** · 02-20-2011, 02:42 PM

Originally Posted by iCeDmAn

Obviously you don't live in NYC.

i live in nyc and my phone works flawlessly aside from certain housing developments (only in elevators duh!) -- thats phone and internet no problem i do know they had some problems after the several snow storms but i havent noticed anything significant

fact is if you were lucky enough to grab unlimited data plana and you have jailbroken phone none of these new updates should even matter we have them for years and we (jailbreaking community) still remain ahead of the apple curve when it comes to innovative software

**santacruzlocal** · 02-20-2011, 03:43 PM

MyWi 4 Life ... Well as long as there is Jailbreak anyways !!!

**gustovier** · 02-20-2011, 04:16 PM

Originally Posted by santacruzlocal

MyWi 4 Life ... Well as long as there is Jailbreak anyways !!!

Not without infrastructure mode.. If it doesnt add it soon the way to go is to enable the OS built in wifispot feature with a jailbreak tool

**BIGB707** · 02-20-2011, 05:06 PM

Get rid of data caps first. AT&T sucks 2GB I can use that in one day Lmfao!

**Adw1** · 02-20-2011, 05:16 PM

From My experience with MyWi, it only works with other iOS devices. I haven't tried it with a Laptop or PC yet. But I have tried sharing My connection with a Blackberry and HTC Evo to no a vail.

**vantheman169** · 02-20-2011, 05:37 PM

Originally Posted by Adw1

From My experience with MyWi, it only works with other iOS devices. I haven't tried it with a Laptop or PC yet. But I have tried sharing My connection with a Blackberry and HTC Evo to no a vail.

MyWi works great with my MacBook pro. MyWi On Demand only works with other iOS devices via Bluetooth. But the WiFi and USB tethering works great!

**steve-z17** · 02-20-2011, 06:50 PM

Originally Posted by vantheman169

MyWi works great with my MacBook pro. MyWi On Demand only works with other iOS devices via Bluetooth. But the WiFi and USB tethering works great!

Works with mine too.

**cranie** · 02-20-2011, 08:25 PM

Originally Posted by steve-z17

Great for those that want to pay an extra $20/month! I'll stick with MyWi On Demand

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