iPhone 3G Tethering May Cripple AT&T's Network

3G + iPhone = Epic Fail

Iphone + Unlocked = Epic Win

I hope we do not face the same issues in Canada as you guys do with 3G. Mine is blazing in Edmonton, Alberta.

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"We for one" ??? explain that please

iPhone+at&t = Uber Phail.

Does AT&T provide an SLA for data services on data contracts with iPhones for 3G network access? If they do not have a SLA then they can provide service as capable and allow tethering, sure some users might not be happy but if there is not a garrantee of service most should be fine.

"Use of Epic Fail" - "Lame WoW Forum" = Epic Fail

If it was not the iPhone it would have been something else to over stress the network. At least this will get them building it up a bit?

So how do they handle normal 'mobile broadband' in residential areas? I don't get it.

Will you punks stop using the words "epic", "fail" and the FTW thing. They're all so over used and have been ridiculous from the start. You're all sheep.

I wonder what the next stupid trend on message boards will be.

Come on boys and girls, it's simple: 3G doesn't work. Period.

Why does Japan get all the 'cool' cell phone technology? ;(

It is going to be strained at one point or another. Maybe it will cause AT&T to get off their ass and actually upgrade the 3g network.

Put on the pressure. We as a human race seem to progress at a faster rate when there is something pushing us.

well att sells for 60$(i think monthly) a usb stick that allows you to connect with a notebook anywhere on the 3g network. the question is should one get riped off 60$ or tether w iphone since already paying data plan?

Its going to put strain on the network but the network needs a lot of work anyway. It will be a nice feature and one that can already be done with a hacked iphone anyway

Let us all go WiMax.. This will solve our "3G" problems.

Same for the ACC tournament. 3G was almost unuable in the Georgia Dome although it showed full strength. I had to switch to Edge to get data in there. Seem like everyone in their had a iphone.

Are you serious? Im still and have been tethering with my 4 year old HTC 6700. Just another reason why Iphones suck. Welcome to 2005.

I'm not worried in the slightest, and eventually, we're going to have a push for bigger, faster, stronger, better phones and other technology. Somewhere, 30 years down the road in the middle years of my iLife I think we'll all look back and laugh at how anyone could have survived without retinal implants that include an operating system and 500 yottabytes of storage for our music libraries and holovids.

Seriously though, look back 10 years. 1999. I don't know about you guys, but when I open up a computer more than six months old, I'm instantly amused and interested in dissecting it. When I open one a decade old, I geek out like man staring at his ancient predecessors. Just five years ago the idea of dual core processors was a new and almost unbelievable technology to anybody but an industry insider. Back then most of us couldn't have imagined a phone with the capabilities of the iPhone, and I personally couldn't have believed I'd finally have a real all-in-one device that didn't suck and I could carry everywhere. We'll be laughing about this in another few weeks or months, and in a decade people will think you're out of your mind for imagining your 500TB iPhone 6G won't be able to handle the new 1.5TB/sec network speeds.

Jesus, people lose perspective so easily.

Also, this is not the platform to spew your whiny garbage about how you hate the establishment. I've used most of the major companies. Yeah, AT&T sucks. So does Verizon. So does Sprint. So do all the rest. Know why? They're greedy crap companies which all have one thing in common: they're cellular companies, and they've been bad certainly for as long as I can remember. Stop whining. I feel like I'm sitting in a circle with a bunch of jaded stoners going "man, where did all the love go? the Man took it away. oh well... john, will you pass the bong, please?"

Uhm... I've been tethering my iphone with my PC since the day I bought it, so it's not something new. It's one of the many cool functions of the phone (once you have unlocked it ofcource)

If sprint, att, verizon are all so terrible, what is a good network? Seems like atleast one of the three would have to be considered a good option. Possible we expect to much from our phones?

tethering has always been available with att, i am assuming all you have to do is connect to you iphone wirelessly. that usb you can buy for like 20 bucks is easy to use with att, if you phone uses 3g, iphone or not, and you pay for the service you can take out your sim card and slide into the usb, so no need to buy a separate service like other cellphone companies.

i think all the iphone is is a gimmick, all my friends have one and none of them have shown me anything on their phone that would make me spend 300 bucks and an inflated phone bill that would warrant me buying one. "hey look my iphone has a zippo on it!" great, when it can actually light my cigarette then gimme a call(you know that thing a phone is actually used for).

I'm in Canada, I pay $30 (CAN) for 6 GB/mnth. If I want to use my iPhone to tether to whatever it should be none of my providers f***ing business how I use the 6GB I pay them for! Their network should also be able to handle it as they are selling it to me!

Why in the world would people want to tethering using iphone? There's a limit on the 3g data usage and you will be bill if you overdose the network. You have your labtop and destop that does that.

oh YES!... the new OS 3.0 adds the function of cut/copy/and past!!!! finally!... (Just saw this from the preview of new iPohne OS 3.0)