Internet Tethering with AT&T

A friend of mine uses his blackberry every once in a while to get internet.

If you were going to do so just remember the actual wireless card would be much much faster

 

I know it's not AT&T, but I tether my T-Mobile Dash to my laptop for internet (on it right now). It's only $20 extra pm. I think AT&T has too many rules. My dad has to pay $80 extra to run their 3G card. I can live with the slower EDGE network speed..

 

wow, all these terms make me feel like an ol' duffer! I have a lot to learn, this go-round.
edit: ok, I looked up the T-mobile dash and I see it's one a' them thar innynet tellyphones. So I deduce that a "tether" is a connection cable and you have to pay for it to work on a laptop or is that $20 for the internet for the phone?

 

Skunk,
There are many ATT phones that you can tether. Look at their website and look at the phone specs. You'll want one with 3G. Then verify with Customer service that the phone can be tethered. Some phones come with the data connection cable, some don't. You can download the software for free from ATT. Their Uniimited (5Gb) DATA Connect Package is $60/mo. Make sure they give you the data connect and not a media connect package. I had that happen once and it took months to straighten out.

 

I don't know what tethering means... but we have At and t and its' endless net for 59 a month plus tax then we have att at home and we use the unity plan so now there is no long distance for hubby as long as the person he's calling is a ATT customer.

his phone bill is 59 a month and his net is 59 a month and i have all area calling at the hosue the whole thing tax and all is about 180 or so but we love it we can talk all day if we want and it's free.

jacks

 

Hi Red Fox, I'm not a lot younger than you at 50yo , I had the advantage of being in telecom for 23 years. (hence my name here). The tether is a usb cable from the phone to the laptop.

The $20 extra gives me 3 benefits: internet on the phone itself, internet on the laptop (when tethered) and free access to wifi at any T-Mobile hotspot (Starbucks for example). It's a great deal and has been my only internet for 1.5 years now. Not the fastest when on the EDGE network, but very workable..

 

i had T-mobile dash bought it 2 years ago.that thing was a piece of crap. took GREAT pics. but it wa like a #### "beta" version then i guess? volume touch strip was wacky. alarm would go off at all hours if you did not "cancel" it correctly. ETC.

 

when i had T-mobile their coverage was excellent when on/near the interstate. when on backroads and out west it went to cingular towers and others. they didn't USED to charge roaming for those areas.
i switched because tm's signal was HORRIBLE at my home (no landline ## SPRINT!)