Vodafone introduce tethering...at a price
04/03/10 21:43 Filed in: iPhone
Vodafone have announced tethering prices for the iPhone.
1GB will cost an expensive €9.99, but 10GB will cost €19.90. This second option seems like far better value and matches Vodafone's prices for mobile broadband USB sticks.
However this compares to O2 rates, where the top plan includes 15GB for €19.99.
Here the current O2 tethering rates:
1GB - €12.50 monthly
7.5GB - €16.99 monthly
15GB - €19.99 monthly
What makes the O2 plan so cynical is that the iPHone comes with an unlimited data plan. It is just that when you use the iPHone to provide internet to your Mac or PC, they charge the tethering rates above.
We can't quite understand why the providers charge for tethering when they give data allocations. Surely the user should be allowed to choose what they use their data allowance for- iPhone or tethering use.
Simon Spence/2010
1GB will cost an expensive €9.99, but 10GB will cost €19.90. This second option seems like far better value and matches Vodafone's prices for mobile broadband USB sticks.
However this compares to O2 rates, where the top plan includes 15GB for €19.99.
Here the current O2 tethering rates:
1GB - €12.50 monthly
7.5GB - €16.99 monthly
15GB - €19.99 monthly
What makes the O2 plan so cynical is that the iPHone comes with an unlimited data plan. It is just that when you use the iPHone to provide internet to your Mac or PC, they charge the tethering rates above.
We can't quite understand why the providers charge for tethering when they give data allocations. Surely the user should be allowed to choose what they use their data allowance for- iPhone or tethering use.
Simon Spence/2010
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