I am not sure how true that is. There are countries that require Apple to sell their IPhones completely unlocked (France and New Zealand come to mind). An IPhone used in the U.S. cannot access the data network of a carrier outside of the U.S., this is logistically impossible. It will use whatever data network it the SIM card programs it for. My actual question wasn't what networks an IPhone can be used on but rather if I bought an unlocked IPhone from somewhere like France or New Zealand is the tethering feature enabled.
Frank From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Chris Blouch Sent: Monday, February 22, 2010 2:48 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: After I Phone is paired My understanding is that each phone is tied to a specific provider for whatever country it is sold in. So while other providers might allow tethering, in the US AT&T is the sole iPhone provider, and they do not currently allow it. Bringing in a phone from outside the US to the US means it will still try to use the provider it was shipped with. So for France that would be Orange and you would enjoy international roaming charges as your local 3G provider would backbill orange for hauling your traffic back to them. Full list of countries and who has the lock on them can be found here: http://www.ilounge.com/index.php/articles/comments/the-complete-guide-to -iphone-service-providers Now you know why so many people jailbreak their phones. My US iPhone was pretty much useless on a recent trip to Madrid with crazy international roaming rates if it so much as tickled the local 3G network. CB Frank Ventura wrote: If you buy an unlocked IPhone from overseas is tethering enabled? Frank -----Original Message----- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Chris Blouch Sent: Monday, February 01, 2010 12:19 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Cc: macvoiceover macvoiceo...@freelists.org Subject: Re: After I Phone is paired If you are trying to use your iPhone to supply data connectivity to you MacBook, this has been disabled by AT&T in the US. Other providers may allow it. You can find more by googling about iPhone tethering. Here is one article from last October: http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2009/10/08/iphone-tethering-still-unavailabl e-att-says/tab/article/ CB VaShaun Jones wrote: Listers I paired my I Phone to my MAc Book Pro and both the computer and phone can see each other, however when I try to connect them for browsing and such they fail to connect. Does anyone know of a setting that needs to be changed for this to work? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
