[fmradiotuner1]

Just got three unlimited 200 today this seems like a good plan and my laptop is working with out the add on to

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My SGS2 is rooted though so might be why.

[jabbamk1]

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Originally Posted by fmradiotuner1

Just got three unlimited 200 today this seems like a good plan and my laptop is working with out the add on to

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My SGS2 is rooted though so might be why.

Yes but this thread is about official tethering policies. There are always going to be ways around something. But the fact is that the network can decide to block you at any time. Therefore it's good to know the official policy (which you do) and buy the tariff knowing the official policy.

[Stiggles]

I didnt think tethering was included with O2 payg, but i tried it last week when the net went down in my work and it was fine. Used it for about 5 hours solid

[BKM]

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Originally Posted by Stiggles

I didnt think tethering was included with O2 payg, but i tried it last week when the net went down in my work and it was fine. Used it for about 5 hours solid

This does not mean it is approved! I have used limited 3 tethering on "non-allowed" tariffs with no problems so far. Others seem to have been blocked almost immediately!

[Richard_T]

Update for three

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Tethering:

3

One Plan - Only tariff to include tethering - unlimited tethering.
Other tariffs - £5 add on for 1GB tethering
PAYG Plans - TrafficSense may restrict your download speed

Tethering allowed with legacy data restricted "add internet max" add ons that have a limit of 1/2GB/month data comes out of your 1/2GB alowance.

[dskies]

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Originally Posted by Richard_T

Update for three


Tethering allowed with legacy data restricted "add internet max" add ons that have a limit of 1/2GB/month data comes out of your 1/2GB alowance.

So are you saying Richard, that the £5 add-on is no longer in use for the 'Essential' and 'Ultimate' tariffs and instead it comes out of your data bundle within that tariff at no extra cost? Or is the £5 add-on now no longer 1gb, but whatever your data bundle is?

I can't find any reference to 'add internet max' on the Three site.

[jabbamk1]

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Originally Posted by dskies

So are you saying Richard, that the £5 add-on is no longer in use for the 'Essential' and 'Ultimate' tariffs and instead it comes out of your data bundle within that tariff at no extra cost? Or is the £5 add-on now no longer 1gb, but whatever your data bundle is?

I can't find any reference to 'add internet max' on the Three site.

No. How it works is like Richard said.

One Plan Tariff - Only tariff to include tethering - unlimited tethering.
Ultimate/Essential Tariff - £5 add on for 1GB tethering
PAYG Plans - TrafficSense may restrict your download speed

OLD TARIFFS (pre 2012)]- Tethering allowed on limited data plans, can buy Internet Max add on £5 with 2GB extra tether-able data


I used to have internet max on my old plan as well.

[tgwallbank]

Just for info I have a Nokia 620 and O2 Pay and Go. I just bought a 1GB data Bolt On thinking I could tether my tablet to it whilst on a couple of days holiday. The tablet connects to the phone no problem but will not access the internet. I just contacted O2 Chat and they say that tethering is not available on O2 Pay and Go. They just went down about 100 points in my estimation.

[jabbamk1]

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Originally Posted by tgwallbank

Just for info I have a Nokia 620 and O2 Pay and Go. I just bought a 1GB data Bolt On thinking I could tether my tablet to it whilst on a couple of days holiday. The tablet connects to the phone no problem but will not access the internet. I just contacted O2 Chat and they say that tethering is not available on O2 Pay and Go. They just went down about 100 points in my estimation.

No pay as you go network allows tethering.

Might be worth joining Giff Gaff who do allow tethering on their limited data goodbybag.

[bushbaby]

Just spoken to T-mobile by online chat and they confirm that tethering IS allowed on 3GB SIM only plans, but not on 1GB or Unlimited plans. This is not mentioned on the web site (and the T&Cs still say tethering is not allowed).

[JasonWatkins]

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Originally Posted by FortKnox

Virgin will no longer allow tethering on any plan from the 28th March 2013.

Virgin are absolutely adamant that tethering is allowed. When I was talking with someone about the premier 'unlimited everything' tariff, they told me that the only time the fair use policy kicks in for data is if you're tethering - the rest of the time it's truly unlimited.

[Chris1973]

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Virgin are absolutely adamant that tethering is allowed

This would tend to contradict the changes to the T&C's for new customers which took effect from 24/1/2013 and was originally posted by a member of staff on their own forums

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Following changes to our acceptable use policy, from 24 January 2013, new and upgrading Pay Monthly/SIM only Mobile customers will only be permitted to use their data allowance to access the mobile internet on their handset. This means you are not permitted to use your mobile as a modem to connect other devices to the internet, also known as 'tethering'.

Source http://community.virginmedia.com/t5/...y/td-p/1679688

Here are their current terms in relation their data FUP, no mention of the 3.5gb restriction only applying to tethering.

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For customers who joined Virgin Media after 25 June 2012 excessive use over 3.5GB of data per calendar month will result in their maximum bandwidth being restricted to 3G speeds (384kbit/s downstream, 200kbit/s upstream) on our network. For customers who joined before 25 June 2012 excessive use over 2GB of data per calendar month will result in this restriction being applied.


This policy will apply until the end of the calendar month, when it will be automatically removed. We reserve the right to review these usage levels from time to time. At this reduced speed, customers will still be able to browse web pages, send/receive emails, and stream audio and video all at 3G data speeds, but peer-to-peer and large file downloads/uploads will be slower than normal.

Source:- http://store.virginmedia.com/the-leg...ervice.html#11

[My name's Scott]

I'm on 3, I don't have a tethering allowance but I do have all you can eat data.

I use it all the time to tether my iPad and Macbook.

Never been charged extra, ever. Or blocked from doing it.

[kmusgrave]

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Originally Posted by My name's Scott

I'm on 3, I don't have a tethering allowance but I do have all you can eat data.

I use it all the time to tether my iPad and Macbook.

Never been charged extra, ever. Or blocked from doing it.

Which tariff ? Is it contract or paygo?

[My name's Scott]

I pay £34 a month it's called 'Ultimate Internet 1000'. Contract.

[JasonWatkins]

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Originally Posted by Chris1973

This would tend to contradict the changes to the T&C's for new customers which took effect from 24/1/2013 and was originally posted by a member of staff on their own forums

I'm certainly not disputing what was there, just relaying what i've been told over the phone a number of times. I can only assume that the call center staff still haven't been made aware of the change maybe ?

[Zee_Bukhari]

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Originally Posted by jabbamk1

No pay as you go network allows tethering.

Might be worth joining Giff Gaff who do allow tethering on their limited data goodbybag.

No network may allow it, but at least it works on Three.

Me and my friend both tether on Three pay as you go

[Chris1973]

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I pay £34 a month it's called 'Ultimate Internet 1000'. Contract.

I believe that the unlimited internet on these plans are unlimited mobile data only - i.e you can only use the unlimited data on your phone, no tethering.

The only '3' plans which currently allow tethering by default within the actual tariff are 'The One Plan'

You can tether on the 'Ultimate internet' plans, but this requires the additional purchase of an add on, and the data allowance you get to tether is limited.

Explained further at the bottom of This Page (scroll right to the bottom)

[Prof-x]

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Originally Posted by FortKnox

Ahh I see. So as long as its a Pay Monthly Sim. Speeds will possibly not be an issue?

Ultimate Internet SIM 200 1 month which is £12.90 for example?

Im surprised companies don't publicly tell you this. I cannot find any info on it.

Old thread but might be useful to others

Three Payg would achieve 1.3Mbps consistently, sometimes this would fall, as you say around tea time.

The day I received my one plan sim I did a speed test and this shot up from 1.3Mbps to 22Mbps

In my area at least three capped me to 1.3Mbps on Payg, it seemed pretty obvious as my phone always capped out at that speed. Whereas the one plan ranges from 15-22Mbps

[My name's Scott]

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Originally Posted by Chris1973

I believe that the unlimited internet on these plans are unlimited mobile data only - i.e you can only use the unlimited data on your phone, no tethering.

The only '3' plans which currently allow tethering by default within the actual tariff are 'The One Plan'

You can tether on the 'Ultimate internet' plans, but this requires the additional purchase of an add on, and the data allowance you get to tether is limited.

Explained further at the bottom of This Page (scroll right to the bottom)

If you read my previous post you would see I already know all of this but I don't care, they don't charge me for tethering on my non-tethering plan...

Why am I going to pay for it when I don't have to?

[SkipTracer]

Tethering works with GiffGaff straight PAYG no goody-bags @ 20p for the first Mb then 19Mb free then 20p per Mb thereafter for any one day.

Ovivo allow tethering thought their not PAYG because I paid for a sim card and have never paid anything since buying it nearly a year ago.

Samba allows tethering and Mifi devices but is data only.

With both Ovivo and Samba their sims cards work in Mifi devices too however 3’s new 3-2-1 PAYG will tether but technically it’s not allowed and the sim will not work in Mifi devices full-stop.

Vectone PAYG works both with tethering and Mifi devices but is a bit expensive @ 9p per Mb on standard PAYG and no paid for bundled allowances.

I don’t know why some networks have hang-ups with PAYG tethering because they can make a killing on some of those rates but then I can understand it with GG unlimited Goodybags and 3 with their so say unlimited bundles. Why do 3 block their 3-2-1 sims is something I can’t get my head around as even at a 1p per Mb works out to over £10 a Gb yet you can buy a internet 1Gb 3 sim for a lot less than a tenner.

[moox]

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Originally Posted by SkipTracer

Tbut then I can understand it with GG unlimited Goodybags and 3 with their so say unlimited bundles.

The tin-can and wet string of the O2 network can't deal with the demand that tethering would place on it. It's not like you'd want to tether on GPRS anyway...

[coachtrip_fan99]

Just get the one plan, which is already a bargain at £15 per month... But order via quidco or topcashback, and get about £62 back, effectively making it less than a tenner for the first 12 months.

[Chris1973]

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If you read my previous post you would see I already know all of this but I don't care, they don't charge me for tethering on my non-tethering plan...

I'm happy for you, really I am. However what works for you may not work for anybody else.

This isn't a thread about what one person can or cannot do, it is a thread about networks / tariff's have a policy which actively allow tethering and regardless of what is working for you, the plan which you are on doesn't openly allow or promote tethering in its terms, we seem to agree on that.

Personally, if tethering was a feature which I needed then I wouldn't gamble taking out a contract which didn't allow it, just based on the fact that it works for one random stranger on a forum, because there is no guarantee that (a) it would work for me when I came to do it or (b) that if it did work now, that it would continue working for the duration of any contract period.

Also, I would think that the more customers who start to tether on what is essentially sold as a non tethering contract then the more likely they will be to eventually block it, so if it is working for you, then as a word to the wise - i'd be keeping quiet about it.

[sancheeez]

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Originally Posted by My name's Scott

If you read my previous post you would see I already know all of this but I don't care, they don't charge me for tethering on my non-tethering plan...

Why am I going to pay for it when I don't have to?

Good luck while it lasts.

I was on their Ultimate Internet 200. Tethering worked for a while. But then the block kicked in. Once it kicked in once, it always picked it up REALLY quickly after that.

I found it kicked in much quicker with web browsing. Downloading apps didn't seem to trigger it so fast.

Not sure how they detect it. Can't be based on the phone they *think* you have as they thought I had a Galaxy Note when I'd actually switched to a Lumia 920 months ago.

I've moved onto the One Plan now. Stupid not to really as it's such good value and tethering is now guaranteed.