Comments on: AT&T Says $55 Tethering Rumors Aren’t True http://appadvice.com/appnn/2009/06/att-says-55-tethering-rumors-arent-true/ iPad/iPhone App News and Reviews Mon, 22 Mar 2010 08:19:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Jerry http://appadvice.com/appnn/2009/06/att-says-55-tethering-rumors-arent-true/#comment-17809 Jerry Sat, 20 Jun 2009 17:09:51 +0000 http://appadvice.com/appnn/?p=20315#comment-17809 I on the fence about Tethering. Its not a must have for me. For one my office has given me an AirCard and unlimited dataplan. BUT I also know this is only for a limited time (I have to turn it in next year). Still...here's the rub. ATT offering a higher rate for iPhone Tethering is really an unfair targeting of a market segment. here's why I think so: Blackberry users pay $20 for tethering. I also know that Treo users pay $0 for tethering...at least I did and several of my friends and business associates do. So where is the justification in targeting iPhone users? And the higher use thing isn't enough. I have seen my AirCard bill and data use. i don't come close with either iPhone nor AirCard to justify the cost. So where is the sense in charging at all? Already we know, or maybe some don't, that SMS literally costs nothing to the cell companies. It requires nothing on their part to do or make happen. MMS may be different due to the size of media files, but simple SMS? Nope. So even charging is merely for the convience of using SMS...not high adventure in technology. In the end though ATT is merely doing what all cell companies do. I doubt that things would be different if the first contract went to Verizon. Its just such a phenomenon that I believe its steam rolled them all and they don't know how to deal the increase network use or the desire for one simple device. This rant seems completely incoherent for some reason. ahh well... I on the fence about Tethering. Its not a must have for me. For one my office has given me an AirCard and unlimited dataplan. BUT I also know this is only for a limited time (I have to turn it in next year).

Still…here’s the rub. ATT offering a higher rate for iPhone Tethering is really an unfair targeting of a market segment. here’s why I think so: Blackberry users pay $20 for tethering. I also know that Treo users pay $0 for tethering…at least I did and several of my friends and business associates do. So where is the justification in targeting iPhone users? And the higher use thing isn’t enough. I have seen my AirCard bill and data use. i don’t come close with either iPhone nor AirCard to justify the cost.

So where is the sense in charging at all? Already we know, or maybe some don’t, that SMS literally costs nothing to the cell companies. It requires nothing on their part to do or make happen. MMS may be different due to the size of media files, but simple SMS? Nope. So even charging is merely for the convience of using SMS…not high adventure in technology.

In the end though ATT is merely doing what all cell companies do. I doubt that things would be different if the first contract went to Verizon. Its just such a phenomenon that I believe its steam rolled them all and they don’t know how to deal the increase network use or the desire for one simple device.

This rant seems completely incoherent for some reason. ahh well…

]]> By: Gary LaPointe http://appadvice.com/appnn/2009/06/att-says-55-tethering-rumors-arent-true/#comment-17712 Gary LaPointe Fri, 19 Jun 2009 23:43:27 +0000 http://appadvice.com/appnn/?p=20315#comment-17712 Honestly, if it costs too much. I'll cancel my new iPhone 3gs plan (pay the cancelation fee). Buy a MiFi and use Skype or TruPhone on the iPhone WiFi side (or my Touch) and probably be way ahead of the game in the end. Honestly, if it costs too much. I’ll cancel my new iPhone 3gs plan (pay the cancelation fee). Buy a MiFi and use Skype or TruPhone on the iPhone WiFi side (or my Touch) and probably be way ahead of the game in the end.

]]> By: Gary http://appadvice.com/appnn/2009/06/att-says-55-tethering-rumors-arent-true/#comment-17689 Gary Fri, 19 Jun 2009 22:08:37 +0000 http://appadvice.com/appnn/?p=20315#comment-17689 I remember the rumors were rampant on the initial iPhone launch in '07 and everyone was pleasantly surprised to see a $20 data fee for the iphone. Would not surprise me if the tethering fee is nominal or nothing at all. I think there decision will be based on sales of the 3g s and their new newer hispeed 3G this summer. I remember the rumors were rampant on the initial iPhone launch in ‘07 and everyone was pleasantly surprised to see a $20 data fee for the iphone.
Would not surprise me if the tethering fee is nominal or nothing at all. I think there decision will be based on sales of the 3g s and their new newer hispeed 3G this summer.

]]> By: crsrc http://appadvice.com/appnn/2009/06/att-says-55-tethering-rumors-arent-true/#comment-17688 crsrc Fri, 19 Jun 2009 22:03:13 +0000 http://appadvice.com/appnn/?p=20315#comment-17688 Yes, I'm here to confirm that the $55 rumors are indeed false. But the $70 rumors are 100% true... ...maybe not, but I wouldn't put it past them. Yes, I’m here to confirm that the $55 rumors are indeed false. But the $70 rumors are 100% true…

…maybe not, but I wouldn’t put it past them.

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