Kevin, you may have legacy pricing because it now appears from the ATT www site that it is $30/month for the "Data Connect" service. Do you actually get bit rates above 100kbps in your location? I suspect that the ATT service, similar to Verizon Wireless's service, will automatically downhift to GPRS/Edge bit rates (on Verizon Wireless's network it is referred to as 1xRTT). Maybe ATT had a lower price for those geographic locations that were not yet upgraded to HSDPA. Best Regards, John Holmblad Acadia Secure Networks, LLC * * Kevin T. Neely wrote: > FWIW, I don't have an iphone, but I do have a $15/mo unlimited (which > means 5GB) plan from AT&T and I tether my laptop to that. > > K > > On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 1:27 PM, John Holmblad > <jholmblad@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > <mailto:jholmblad@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote: > > All, > > I finally had a chance to visit an ATT store near me to check out > iphone > service plan pricing. In the process I learned that the iphone > does NOT > support tethering (via bluetooth or otherwise) of other devices to it > for the purpose of Internet access for such other devices. > Furthermore I > learned that ATT, like Verizon Wireless, has 2 choices of data > plans for > those devices that DO support tethering as explained to me by their > salesperson. These choices are > > 1. Device only Internet access $30 > US/month > > 2. #1 above + Device Tethering capability $60 US/month^1 > (there is a limit of 5gb/month put on this) > > > ATT also has a data only plan for users who just want to use a USB or > Cardbus adapter for mobile Internet access for their PC or other > device. > The monthly charge for that plan, called "Data Connect" is $60/month > also with a 5gb limit but with overage charges for use beyond the 5 > gb/month. > > I should note that the $60 US/month for pricing plan #2 above > from ATT > compares with a price of $44.99 US/month^2 from Verizon which has the > same 5gb monthly limit (stated in its fine print), a ~$15 US/month > price > difference in favor of Verizon Wireless vs ATT. > > -- > > Best Regards, > > > > John Holmblad > > > > Acadia Secure Networks, LLC > > * * > > > <mailto:jholmblad@xxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:jholmblad@xxxxxxxxxxx>> > > _______________________________________________ > maemo-users mailing list > maemo-users@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:maemo-users@xxxxxxxxx> > https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users > > > > > -- > In Vino Veritas > http://rubbernecking.info _______________________________________________ maemo-users mailing list maemo-users@xxxxxxxxx https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users
