SpeedTest result from Tethering with iPhone 3G

SpeedTest result from Tethering with iPhone 3G

Ironic that the day I finally get my home Internet installed (Verizon FiOS) I also find out that my iPhone 3G does indeed support tethering on AT&T’s 3G GPRS network, and that it works surprisingly well and easily.

Here at my home, it’s not particularly fast — about half of the rated throughput I should be getting, but it beats the pants off of the slow wifi I’ve been using at coffee shops and such.  Now, at least, I can go wherever I want to and work — not just the places that have Wi-Fi.

How does one do this?  Just use your iPhone Safari browser, and browse to this address.   You’ll want to check your contract to make sure that if you use data, it will indeed be free.  For me, I’m already paying for unlimited data, so no worries there.

But you just install the configs for your provider, and blam — you’ve got tethering.

Now, all of the sudden, the money I’m shelling out for this AT&T service is seeming a lot more worth it!