o2 internet tethering and upgrading contracts

Rachel_123

Just been on the phone to 02, wanted to switch internet tethering on for my iphone while I move house. Apparently I need to upgrade my tariff to a "2010" tariff and therefore lose my unlimited data which I don't want to do. Is this correct or are they just trying to get everyone onto the new tariffs? I was willing to pay another £10 a month but they've just lost out!

Techhead_2

THey are correct. If you want to change tariff you can only change to a current tariff.

atlantis187

Rachel_123 wrote: »

Just been on the phone to 02, wanted to switch internet tethering on for my iphone while I move house. Apparently I need to upgrade my tariff to a "2010" tariff and therefore lose my unlimited data which I don't want to do. Is this correct or are they just trying to get everyone onto the new tariffs? I was willing to pay another £10 a month but they've just lost out!

jailbreak it and use mywi if u have an iphone

gjchester

atlantis187 wrote: »

jailbreak it and use mywi if u have an iphone

It may work but if O2 catch you at it they'll charge you at the out of bundle rates.

And yes they can tell whats consuming the data from the headers, but unless you really hammer it they won't bother looking.

Wintermute

gjchester wrote: »

It may work but if O2 catch you at it they'll charge you at the out of bundle rates.

And yes they can tell whats consuming the data from the headers, but unless you really hammer it they won't bother looking.

You're unlikely to get charged, you will however be breaching the T&C and it'll most likely breach the fair usage policy on the unlimited data resulting in a bar on all data until your next billing date.

As Techhead says you can only add the tethering bolt on to 4th quarter 2010 tariffs.