From Apple's presentations it would appear that tethering ability is
based on what carrier you're connected to. The phone can do it but only
if the provisioning from the carrier allows it. AT&T does not. There is
a list of the ones which do (about 20) in this article:
http://theappleblog.com/2009/06/08/iphone-3-0-brings-tethering-to-20-carriers-except-att/
CB
Frank Ventura wrote:
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
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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?
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