Using Tetherme and all I can say is wow!

[billytk03z]

I recently have jailbroke my iphone 4 this past weekend and I am loving it.... anyway I added tetherme onto my iphone and tried it out.... Me and my wife took a drive far from home and I hooked up my laptop via usb to my iphone and enabled hotspot effortlessly and flawlessly... I then did a speed test on speedtest.net and I scored 2.1mbps dl and 1.2 mbps ul with a 96ping..... that is insane.....

[TNTitan]

Nice hope u got a tethering plan to go with it.

[sinfool]

Be careful, as AT&T will automatically add a tethering plan if they catch you.

[billytk03z]

I have the unlimited data plan with ATT.... but I only use the tethering hotspot when Im driving in my car for internet surfing, email, etc... I dont play games or anything like that... we'll wait and see what happens....

PS.. Love this site....

[knightflt]

Originally Posted by billytk03z

I recently have jailbroke my iphone 4 this past weekend and I am loving it.... anyway I added tetherme onto my iphone and tried it out.... Me and my wife took a drive far from home and I hooked up my laptop via usb to my iphone and enabled hotspot effortlessly and flawlessly... I then did a speed test on speedtest.net and I scored 2.1mbps dl and 1.2 mbps ul with a 96ping..... that is insane.....

why hook up tethered? why not just enable personal hotspot and link laptop wirelessly ?

[cooldayr]

Originally Posted by knightflt

why hook up tethered? why not just enable personal hotspot and link laptop wirelessly ?

A. Battery consumption
B. It is more direct
C. It is faster

[GorgonSin]

Originally Posted by billytk03z

I have the unlimited data plan with ATT.... but I only use the tethering hotspot when Im driving in my car for internet surfing, email, etc... I dont play games or anything like that... we'll wait and see what happens....

PS.. Love this site....

use PDANET on level2 when linking to a pc and level one when linked to ipad.. its the only safe way

[acemonster]

Originally Posted by GorgonSin

use PDANET on level2 when linking to a pc and level one when linked to ipad.. its the only safe way

This is not true. They will continuously profile those with grandfathered unlimited plans. ATT employes DPI (deep packet inspection) as well as bandwidth monitoring and device checking. I was using PDANET with level 2 and still got profiled. I played dumb with them and avoided the plan upgrade. However, they are now throttling unlimited users who use more 2 gig in one month (varies with regional use). YMMV

[billytk03z]

Quote:
Originally Posted by knightflt
why hook up tethered? why not just enable personal hotspot and link laptop wirelessly ?

Originally Posted by cooldayr

A. Battery consumption
B. It is more direct
C. It is faster

This is exactly why I tether instead of hotspot. Tethering directly is quicker and because its plugged into laptop it is continuously charging.