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Just a day before Verizon is about to take pre-orders for the iPhone, AT&T has announced revised tethering costs for the iPhone and plans to support mobile hotspotting.
It’s beyond the realm of coincidence that the Verizon iPhone, due for release Feb. 10, currently offers a more generous tethering plan for the iPhone than AT&T as well as an exclusive wireless hotspot feature.
AT&T on Wednesday changed its tethering plan to be a bit more budget-friendly. Currently AT&T customers must pay $20 per month to use tethering, and this plan does not include additional data.*That means if you*have a 2-GB data plan, using tethering counts toward that 2 GB.*However, the newly revised policy adds 2 extra gigs for the tethering plan at no additional price, meaning your tethering plan will no longer eat into your data plan usage.
“Customers will incur the same $20 monthly fee they’re accustomed to paying, only now they’ll receive an extra 2 GB of data each month that can be used among all devices,” AT&T said in a statement.
AT&T also announced plans to launch mobile hotspotting support.*Currently AT&T only supports tethering, which shares a smartphone’s internet connection with one device. Hotspotting allows you to share the connection with multiple devices over a wireless network.
The new tethering plan and AT&T hotspotting will launch with the release of the HTC Inspire 4G smartphone on Feb. 13, according to AT&T. The initial cost for hotspotting on the HTC Inspire 4G, bundled with a data plan, will be $45 per month for 4 GB of data.
AT&T has not announced official details about hotspotting on the iPhone, but a spokesman said the company is working with Apple to support it.
“For hotspot, we are working with Apple to bring it to iPhone,” an AT&T spokesman told Wired.com.
For comparison, Verizon offers hotspotting + tethering with two extra gigs for $20 per month for the iPhone. AT&T’s policy changes would bring it closer in line with Verizon’s pricing.
See Also:
- Price Chart: Verizon iPhone vs. AT&T iPhone
- Verizon iPhone Tethering Plan: $20 and Two Extra Gigabytes …
- Verizon or AT&T: Which Will Deliver the Best iPhone Experience …
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