November 12th, 2008
Rumor: AT&T to charge $30 per month for tethering
MacBlogs is reporting that according to a source AT&T will charge US$30 per month for iPhone tethering and cap downloads at 5GB per month like they do for Blackberry users. AT&T will reportedly disable tethering if the 5GB bandwidth cap is exceeded. AT&T currently offers Blackberry tethering for an additional $30 per month over a US$30 per month for data (for a total of $60 per month).
They also say that you’ll need to make the initial tethering connection through iTunes and that expected speeds are GPRS (30k), EDGE (110k), 3G (1000k). AT&T publicly announced the iPhone tethering plan on 06 November saying that it was coming “soon.”
Jason D. O'Grady is the editor of PowerPage.org, which has been publishing daily mobile technology news since December 1995. For disclosures on Jason's industry affiliations, click here or to view Jason's full profile click here.
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