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Old 22-07-2016, 14:49
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Hi all,

Do O2 and GiffGaff allow tethering on pay-as-you-go?

Many thanks.
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Old 22-07-2016, 16:48
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Giffgaff do.

Great news. Tethering is permitted on all our plans that have a limited allowance.

Members can tether with the Always On goodybag for the first 6GB of data. After members have reached the 6GB limit, tethering will no longer be permitted.
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Old 22-07-2016, 17:06
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Hi all,

Do O2 and GiffGaff allow tethering on pay-as-you-go?

Many thanks.
O2 PAYG don't
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Old 22-07-2016, 18:08
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Thank you for the replies.

Can I just check, please, that what I want to do is classed as tethering?

After much deliberation, I have recently bought a Microsoft Lumia 550 running Windows 10 Mobile on O2 PAYG.

My old Nokia phone has a GiffGaff SIM and I need to decided whether to stay with GiffGaff or move to O2. I am assuming that the O2 Lumia phone will accept the GiffGaff SIM.

The Lumia 550 / Windows 10 Mobile has a feature to create a Wi-Fi hotspot (which is connected to the 4G data on the SIM) which I would like to use with my iPod Touch for light use, as the iPod has a number of apps that are not available on Windows Mobile.

Is using the Wi-Fi hotspot feature considered tethering?

Thanks again.
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Old 22-07-2016, 18:48
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Yes a wi fi hotspot is classed as tethering.
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Old 22-07-2016, 22:19
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Wifi hotspot is tethering, the words mean exactly the same thing.
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Old 22-07-2016, 23:29
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Not quite. In theory you could tether over a USB or Bluetooth connection for example.
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Old 23-07-2016, 01:28
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What is tethering?
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Old 23-07-2016, 05:08
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Many thanks for the replies.

What is tethering?
Tethering is where you connect device/s, such as laptops, tablets, iPods etc. to your mobile phone to share its data allowance to connect to the Internet.
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Old 23-07-2016, 10:50
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Not quite. In theory you could tether over a USB or Bluetooth connection for example.
And so?

I was answering the post that said wifi hotspot is classed as tethering which makes it sound as if they are 2 separate things.

Wifi hotspot is tethering, it really is that simple. It's just a name made up to sound more appealing to the casual user.
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Old 23-07-2016, 12:38
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But tethering is not necessarily using a wi-fi hotspot. So it really is not quite as simple.
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Old 23-07-2016, 14:12
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And so?

I was answering the post that said wifi hotspot is classed as tethering which makes it sound as if they are 2 separate things.

Wifi hotspot is tethering, it really is that simple. It's just a name made up to sound more appealing to the casual user.
What you said is "Wifi hotspot is tethering, the words mean exactly the same thing."

where you fell down is saying they are exactly the same. In fact one is a subset of the other.
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Old 29-07-2016, 11:06
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The cleaning and maintenance apps on my samsung galaxy tab 3 7 inch with a sim slot thinks that it's a smartphone, so popping in your standard O2 Pay and Go sim will not flag up that it's a tablet.
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Old 29-07-2016, 16:55
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Wifi direct is offially totally different to wifi hotspot.

With direct is not tethering.
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