Tethering contracts?

cgk1

Who besides Three offers a tethering contract? I've picked up a Nexus 7 and will likely using a lot more data than in the past*.




* Yes I know that a lot of people don't bother and just use their standard contract but that's not the question I'm posing.

buscape

T-Mobile (via their Full Monty tariff), Orange on a Panther tariff and O2 offer it as part of the contract, Vodafone charge £15 a month extra for tethering.

EDIT: T-Mobile don't allow tethering on their sim only full monty tariff.

cgk1

The T&C for 'full monty' excludes tethering?

buscape

The sim only full monty excludes tethering, you're right. You have to get a contract with a phone to get tethering.

kevinbev

Looks like T-Mobile have pulled the plug on tethering with the Full Monty package with a phone now. Looks like the only option left with unlimited tethering contracts is with 3.

baby_frogmella

No need to waste your money on tethering contracts, use pdanet for iOS or Android and select 'hide tether' option....fools your network provider into thinking you're using your handset for data when you're not. Been using this with a giff gaff sim and regularly download ~ 20gb a month and giff gaff haven't blinked an eyelid:rotfl:

Mickyk

Three have stopped tethering also according to latest adverts anyway

woodhead

baby_frogmella wrote: »

No need to waste your money on tethering contracts, use pdanet for iOS or Android and select 'hide tether' option....fools your network provider into thinking you're using your handset for data when you're not. Been using this with a giff gaff sim and regularly download ~ 20gb a month and giff gaff haven't blinked an eyelid:rotfl:

Do you need to jailbreak to use this?

cheers

gjchester

baby_frogmella wrote: »

No need to waste your money on tethering contracts, use pdanet for iOS or Android and select 'hide tether' option....fools your network provider into thinking you're using your handset for data when you're not. Been using this with a giff gaff sim and regularly download ~ 20gb a month and giff gaff haven't blinked an eyelid:rotfl:

There are many ways to detect tethering, one simple one is to look at the Web browser headers, if you use IE on Windows and you have an IOS or Android phone it's a dead give away as IE is not available on those platforms.

Just because they have not noticed yet does not mean they will not ever, and as GiffGaff ban tethering on Goody bags you are likely to be banned when they notice. Tethering is permitted on Gigabags though on GiffGaff.


And Yes you need to Jailbreak an iPhone to install this, it would not be accepted into Apples iTunes Store as tethering functinoality breaks Apples policy.

baby_frogmella

gjchester wrote: »

There are many ways to detect tethering, one simple one is to look at the Web browser headers, if you use IE on Windows and you have an IOS or Android phone it's a dead give away as IE is not available on those platforms.
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Yes but PDANet actually masks the packets, how it does this I don't know. The proof of the pudding is in the US where many AT&T iphone/android users are successfully using this app...AT&T has a notorious reputation for cracking down on unofficial tethering (UK networks are pu$$ies in comparision). The fact that giff gaff haven't detected my tethering on goodybags for 14 months means the app must be doing something right

Yes you need to jailbreak your iOS device to use this but well worth it.

in_the_Cotswolds

Orange Panther offer tethering.