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Pay-as-you-go tethering on O2 and GiffGaff?
sn1975
22-07-2016
Hi all,

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

Many thanks.
d123
22-07-2016
Giffgaff do.

Quote:
“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.”

Rodney McKay
22-07-2016
Originally Posted by sn1975:
“Hi all,

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

Many thanks.”

O2 PAYG don't
sn1975
22-07-2016
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.
swb1964
22-07-2016
Yes a wi fi hotspot is classed as tethering.
d123
22-07-2016
Wifi hotspot is tethering, the words mean exactly the same thing.
gomezz
22-07-2016
Not quite. In theory you could tether over a USB or Bluetooth connection for example.
Jedi_Knight
23-07-2016
What is tethering?
sn1975
23-07-2016
Many thanks for the replies.

Quote:
“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.
d123
23-07-2016
Originally Posted by gomezz:
“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.
gomezz
23-07-2016
But tethering is not necessarily using a wi-fi hotspot. So it really is not quite as simple.
tdenson
23-07-2016
Originally Posted by d123:
“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.
david16
29-07-2016
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.
david16
29-07-2016
Wifi direct is offially totally different to wifi hotspot.

With direct is not tethering.
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