It can indeed.  It's how I'm responding now.  You can use your iPhone to set up 
a personal wifi hotspot.

Cheers!
--
Callum Prior

On 16/02/2012, at 11:03 AM, Adrian Skehan <[email protected]> wrote:

> Good morning all
> 
> I have concluded that of my MacBook Pro is a serious over-kill for what I use 
> it for and i am thinking of disposing of it and getting a iPad for when I go 
> away on holidays but I cant seem to find a definitive answer to the following 
> questions:
> 
> Is it necessary to have a separate data plan for a 3G iPad 2 to access the 
> internet or can the iPhone 4 be connected to it for internet access?
> 
> and
> 
> Can the iPad 2 WiFi access the internet via the iPhone?
> 
> Thanks in anticipation.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Regards,
> 
> 
> Adrian
> 
> [email protected]
> 
> 
> 
> 
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