Comments on: AT&T: $55 tethering rumors are false

By: Mark

Mark — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 03:16:39 +0000

Tethering, which is currently available on the iPhone (albeit against ATT policy), is currently being charged by AT&T.

Just spoke to a representative, the charge is currently $.01 for every 1KB data tethered. Talk about running up a bill!!! Careful all of you iPhone tethering lovers!

Jason, the AT&T representative, told me that they expect to have a tethering package available to the public in mid-October. I personally think $30 on top of the $30 data plan is entirely unreasonable!!! Hopefully AT&T will not rape us and offer tethering for under $15.

I know it was free with blackberry’s data plan (sprint)

By: Richard

Richard — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 02:54:05 +0000

Or…heaven forbid…you might want to tether to a laptop so you could access a web site that uses FLASH for the buttons to navigate it?

By: Jeanne Alvarez, and Margie Bustos

Jeanne Alvarez, and Margie Bustos — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 01:04:54 +0000

We think that ATT should not go on strike. Their men and women work very hard for us.

By: Richard

Richard — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 02:57:38 +0000

I suspect that it will be $59.99 for a data plan that includes tethering. That would be $30 iPhone data plan plus $29.99 so the “denial” could still be true. There had been an earlier rumor that it would be $79 for a tethering data plan.

It would seem logical that AT&T plans to charge something pretty close to their current charges for a laptop card plan.

By: er

er — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 17:00:12 +0000

$55 was way off. Its $49.95…sheesh!

By: david

david — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 06:48:52 +0000

The source Appmodo actually posted an update

“**UPDATE: June 19 1:50PM PSD: Reports across the web are misinterpreting the original pricing for tethering. The data plan with tethering would be around $55 per month, NOT $70 or an additional $55 per month on top of existing data plans. Thanks.”

seems things were misinterpreted from some other site that reported theirs

By: Shpider

Shpider — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 21:07:37 +0000

But since when has AT&T been reasonable ?

By: zwei

zwei — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 20:00:10 +0000

If it were that high I’d probably get a Verizon Mifi just to spite them.

By: Tom

Tom — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 19:49:59 +0000

I know this is a tired question, but isn’t $30 a month per phone enough already? What is the value of this data plan actually worth when you can’t download anything over 10 Megabytes over 3G (youtube videos presently excepted). Now I need to pay more to tether because I might want to browse the net on a bigger screen (or check email etc.)?

I really think AT&T needs to make a strong case as to why the existing data plan rate is not sufficient for tethering, especially considering their weak 3G last year at launch. I just can’t see how they can justify raising the cost.

By: jcg

jcg — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 19:48:34 +0000

it’s probably not 55 on top of a data plan — but it might be $55 for a data plan that includes tethering ($30 data plan + $25)

By: @luomat

@luomat — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 19:15:47 +0000

Whew! Thank $DEITY they clarified. I thought they might announce it in the past and I would have missed it

(p.s. love the new site!)

By: Steven Fisher

Steven Fisher — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 19:14:43 +0000

I hope the reason it’s false is not that it’s actually $59.

(Actually, I’m Canadian, so it isn’t like I *really* care. The wails of those affected might even be entertaining.)