{"id":690820,"date":"2010-03-14T09:26:00","date_gmt":"2010-03-14T13:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"15076 at http:\/\/www.precentral.net"},"modified":"2010-03-14T09:26:00","modified_gmt":"2010-03-14T13:26:00","slug":"bell-adds-tethering-to-their-plans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/690820","title":{"rendered":"Bell adds tethering to their plans"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Tethering has always been a bit of a touchy subject both officially from carriers and even in our forums. The legalities are sketchy for most. Thankfully, for Canadian Pre users, things got a bit easier.<\/p>\n

Recently, we’re not sure of the specific date, all of Bell Mobility’s smartphone plans<\/a> changed. Now, every smartphone data plan has tethering added. For example, the $50 plan now says,<\/p>\n

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"500 MB of data for personal email, Internet browsing, instant messaging, and tethering<\/strong>"<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Pricing goes up from there, with the largest plan at $100 offering a 3GB monthly allotment.  However, as it says, the data amount is shared, so tethering Canadians will need to be aware of bandwith used.<\/p>\n

With that in mind, it’s worth reminding fellow Canadians that the homebrew app Netstat<\/a> is amazing for keeping track of bandwidth used. As for tethering apps, the most convenient one is the paid app MyTether<\/a>, and lately we’ve been hearing successful stories of Bell users using the free Mobile Hotspot<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Since legality is becoming less of an issue for tethering, it’s not surprising there are rumblings others may be creating competing tethering apps as well.<\/p>\n

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