For anyone interested, anyone using an iPhone with a 1gb or greater data plan through Rogers Canada receives free tethering. Tethering has been free through Rogers Canada since the iPhone 3g s was released last July.
Everett Zufelt http://zufelt.ca Follow me on Twitter http://twitter.com/ezufelt View my LinkedIn Profile http://www.linkedin.com/in/ezufelt On 2010-03-25, at 3:33 AM, Bryan Smart wrote: > I guess that's interesting in sort of a theoretical tech way, but I don't > really see the point. > > You're paying for two data plans (AT&T and Verizon), which is probably > costing you at least $90 a month for both of the mobile data plans, not > counting your regular wireless calling charges. You can use Skype without > being near a hot spot, but you must have your laptop powered up, connected to > wireless data, its wireless network reconfigured to ad-hoc, and connect the > iPhone to the laptop's wireless. Then, you can use Skype on the iPhone, true, > but, after all of that, you might as well be running it on the laptop. > Running it on the laptop would just involve starting the laptop, connecting > to Verizon, and running Skype. > > Maybe you mean to say that you only use the iPhone's Wifi connection, but I > don't see how this is so. I don't think that AT&T gives you the option of not > paying for a data service with the iPhone. You must pay for the $30 data. > > For $100, you can get unlimited iPhone data and voice calls. Then, you can > talk all you want. No need for Skype. Your battery will also last longer. > That isn't capable of cheap international calls, but, like I said above, if > you must use the laptop to gain access to Skype for the iPhone, you might as > well be running Skype on the laptop. > > I suppose that you're using the iPhone as a wireless modem by using the > tethering profiles for download on that Austrian web site that have been > passed around. Of course, Apple helpfully blocked that out for AT&T in the > latest OS update. > > Bryan > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of M. Taylor > Sent: Wednesday, March 24, 2010 6:12 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Reversing My Thinking Never Felt So Good On The iPhone 3GS > > Hello My Fellow iPhone and iPod Touchers, > > As some of you may know, later today, Wednesday, I will be trekking down to > San Diego to attend the CSUN convention. > > As you may guess, I would never go anywhere without a reliable means of > connecting to the Internet on one of my portable computers. > > However, since my assimilation into the Apple Orchard, it is not enough to > merely have broadband access on my computer but I now insist on having it (as > WiFi) on my trusty iPhone 3GS for many reasons not the least of which being > that I now, almost exclusively, use it for Skype on a daily basis. > > Truthfully, after having use the app on my iPhone 3GS, the thought of being > tethered to my computer albeit either a notebook or a Netbook in order to use > Skype comfortably, is almost laughable. > > But Wait!!!!!!!!!!!!! > > Currently, one cannot use Skype, on the iPhone that is, via Edge or 3G; that > is to say, it can only be used via WiFi. What to do? > > I'm sitting here typing this and laughing out loud at the thought, that, > since the iPhone 3GS' release last July, I haven't seen any articles or > received any request for assistance on the dilemma I found myself in as I > prepared to go where many have gone before, until just a few days ago. > (Smile) > > What I mean to say is that as of the date of its release, virtually everyone > wanted a way to tether their computer to the iPhone, using it like a high > speed broadband MODEM, an almost effortless feat to achieve on my beloved > Samsung Epix Windows Mobile phone. (Big, big smile) (That was for all you > Apple Koolade drinkers!!!) > > Not to brag, but like many, without having to jail break the device, I was > able to turn my iPhone 3GS into a broadband MODEM within mere days of its > purchase. You see, the trick was... But I digress. Sorry. > > Getting Back To The Point: > > Unlike previous trips, this time I wish to continue to use my mobile device > (the iPhone) in the same way I use it here at home on my wireless network. > Get it? You see, instead of wanting the iPhone to act as an Internet conduit > for my computer, I want the computer to act as a WiFi hotspot > (conduit) for my iPhone. This concept is referred to as "Reverse Tethering". > > > My Solution? > > In addition to being an A T & T Wireless customer, I am also a Verizon > Wireless customer and as such, I have a Verizon Wireless Air Card. It is > generally accepted that the Verizon wireless Air Cards (via EVDO) provide > noticeably faster data access than does A T & T Wireless. To be honest, this > is the primary reason I continue to subscribe to Verizon Wireless. > > Although I am blessed to have several portable computers from which to > choose, the only two I seriously considered taking with me were my MacBook > Pro 13-inch or my Acer (Aspire One), 7-inch Windows 7 Ultimate Netbook. Of > course, my Verizon Wireless Air Card works beautifully on them both. As a > side note, "yes" the Air Card works on my MacBook either in Snow Leopard, in > a Windows 7 Virtual machine, or in Windows 7 via BootCamp. > > Because of the much more convenient size of the Acer and its substantially > lesser value, I chose it over the MacBook Pro. > > Oh! I almost forgot. The solution to reverse tethering the iPhone to any > wireless capable computer, including Desktop models, is to setup an ad-hoc > wireless network. > > Beware! Now that reverse tethering is beginning to become more popular, > especially since the announcement of the iPad, do not be tricked into > purchasing any software that will configure this setup for you; because, > setting up such a configuration, on either the Mac or Windows 7, takes only a > few steps to accomplish and doesn't require any additional software. > > Yep! "Reversing my thinking never felt so good, on the iPhone 3GS." > > Making A Very Joyful Noise, > > Mark > > ANNOUNCING THE SECRET LIFE OF MARK MARCUS LIVE CALL-IN TALK SHOW!!! > In each episode, join Mark, along with invited guests, as he explores the > world in which we live and the world which lives within us. 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