Optus's Tethering Fees for iPhones.

Here's a beauty, and one that Telstra would be proud of.

http://www.theage.com.au/digital-lif...0618-cizn.html

What I don't understand is how can Optus control this "tethering" feature:

"It coincides with today's release of the iPhone 3.0 software update which, for
the first time since the iPhone was released in 2007, enables tethering.

[chomp...]

"The $9.99 fee unlocks the phone's tethering feature and allow customers to use
the data allowance on their iPhone plans to access the internet from a
computer."

"Telstra has not yet announced its tethering policy"

Give it time. It's probably going to gauge consumer reaction to the practice
before it sets its pricing for this "service".

Thing is, if I can "tether" my Moto V9 without any charges how can they justify
slugging iPhone owners for this feature and how do they control the software
that the customers download independant (via iTunes) of the telco?

On Thu, 18 Jun 2009 19:52:10 +1000, Marts wrote:

> Here's a beauty, and one that Telstra would be proud of.
>
> http://www.theage.com.au/digital-lif...one-tethering-
comes-at-a-price-20090618-cizn.html
>
> What I don't understand is how can Optus control this "tethering"
> feature:

In all likelihood, via a separate APN.

It'll probably be simple enough to circumvent by jailbreaking your iPhone.

Marts wrote:

> Here's a beauty, and one that Telstra would be proud of.

> http://www.theage.com.au/digital-lif...0618-cizn.html

> What I don't understand is how can Optus control this "tethering" feature:

No surprises there...

> "It coincides with today's release of the iPhone 3.0 software update
> which, for the first time since the iPhone was released in 2007,
> enables tethering.

> [chomp...]

> "The $9.99 fee unlocks the phone's tethering feature
> and allow customers to use the data allowance on their
> iPhone plans to access the internet from a computer."

> "Telstra has not yet announced its tethering policy"

> Give it time. It's probably going to gauge consumer reaction
> to the practice before it sets its pricing for this "service".

Nope, Telstra is always last with anything. Thats the way massive bureaucracys work.

> Thing is, if I can "tether" my Moto V9 without any charges
> how can they justify slugging iPhone owners for this feature

Because fools buy iphones, stupid.

> and how do they control the software that the customers
> download independant (via iTunes) of the telco?

The iphone has always been designed to allow that.

On Fri, 19 Jun 2009 05:21:12 +1000, Rod Speed wrote:

> Marts wrote:
>
>> Here's a beauty, and one that Telstra would be proud of.
>
>> http://www.theage.com.au/digital-lif...one-tethering-
comes-at-a-price-20090618-cizn.html
>
>> What I don't understand is how can Optus control this "tethering"
>> feature:
>
> No surprises there...
>
>> "It coincides with today's release of the iPhone 3.0 software update
>> which, for the first time since the iPhone was released in 2007,
>> enables tethering.
>
>> [chomp...]
>
>> "The $9.99 fee unlocks the phone's tethering feature and allow
>> customers to use the data allowance on their iPhone plans to access the
>> internet from a computer."
>
>> "Telstra has not yet announced its tethering policy"
>
>> Give it time. It's probably going to gauge consumer reaction to the
>> practice before it sets its pricing for this "service".
>
> Nope, Telstra is always last with anything. Thats the way massive
> bureaucracys work.

And court martials too.