It won't.

http://www.maclife.com/article/news/verizon_has_no_immediate_future_plans_apple_support

On Jun 4, 2010, at 10:06 AM, Maurice Mines wrote:

> Hello, if you wish to tether, with AT&T it definitely is an extra charge. 
> Blood you want to do to ask these questions, is make sure you talk to 
> technical support. The sales staff may not understand what you're asking for, 
> and I don't really know if the iPhone supports tethering or not. Although 
> like the last person to post on this subject it does appear that it is 
> technically possible, I'm just curious to know how this might work out. The 
> reason I am curious about this is there is a very strong indication, even 
> from Apple themselves, that the iPhone will eventually come to my carrier 
> which is Verizon, it is unclear as to when this will happen though.
> Note I'm certainly not giving out any potential inside information, I have no 
> knowledge of anything else beyond the person who I spoke to, nor should this 
> e-mail it I bet Verizon, Apple Inc., or anyone else, have any definite plans 
> to do anything of the sort.
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> Mori's minds June 4, 2010.
> On Jun 4, 2010, at 10:28 AM, Carolyn wrote:
> 
>> Donal:
>> Thanks for this.  An at&t rep told me Apple had no such technology, Tisk 
>> tisk to him:)  Think I'll go educate him next time I grace that mall.:)
>> Thanks and take care.
>> Carolyn
>> P.s.:  It suddenly strikes me that I'm not sure at&t supports tethering yet. 
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: Dónal Fitzpatrick
>> To: [email protected]
>> Sent: Friday, June 04, 2010 9:55 AM
>> Subject: Re: WIFI question
>> 
>> Hi Carolyn,
>> 
>> It is indeed possible to use the iPhone to connect to the net.  This is 
>> known as tethering.  In essence, turn on tethering on the iPhone, and then 
>> create either a USB or bluetooth connection between your laptop and the 
>> iPhone.
>> 
>> I should say here that I don't know how US cell-phone plans work.  Over here 
>> using the iPhone as a modem can cost extra, so you might want to check with 
>> your cell-phone provider to check the costs involved.
>> 
>> Cheers
>> 
>> Dónal
>> On 4 Jun 2010, at 16:37, Carolyn wrote:
>> 
>> > Hi guys:
>> > I'm going to be visiting my dad, who has no internet.  I know I can 
>> > retrieve mail with the iPhone, but find it pretty difficult to navigate 
>> > with my hearing, and with just not being very good at typing on it<grin>.
>> > My question then:  Is there any way to turn the iPhone into an access 
>> > point so I could use it to get my MacBook Pro on the net?
>> > TIA
>> > Carolyn
>> > 
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