[O2] Enable iPhone tethering for free and without Jailbreaking.

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Incorrect. O2 have already confirmed via Twitter they don't have the systems in place to detect the difference between data from a phone or from a computer. The only way they know is by the amount of data being transferred. If it's excessive (like watching BBC iPlayer etc) they will contact you and tell you to cool it.

Just don't use it excessively and you won't have a problem. :D

I have my Touch HD tethered sometimes and o2 have sent me a letter/text twice telling me they are restricting my usage. I have the unlimited internet access bolt on ?7.50 a month. It still works with the restriction and being honest I haven't noticed a drop is speed when they do so either.

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o2 are lame. What's the difference between surfing from the web on your iPhone and surfing from the laptop?! Just create a policy that doesn't allow people to go over 10MB!

I agree. If I download from the App Store, buy songs from iTunes or stream music using the Big Top 40 app on my iPhone I am not charged extra for data - its included in my tariff.

Now, if I was to do exactly the same thing on my computer while tethered, O2 want to charge me a ?15 per month premium. Its wrong and doesn't make any sense.

I can totally understand there will be the odd excessive user but just have a 10MB single file download limit like the App Store does. O2 can no doubt just block P2P traffic over the cell network to stop people torrenting.

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Not trying to hijack the thread, this is still quite relevant but is the O2 Simplicity contract identified as pay as you go?

I'm trying to figure out if I'm suppose to use

payandgo.o2.co.uk

or

idata.o2.co.uk

It's the rolling monthly O2 simplicity and will be being used with the free "unlimited web data" bolt on (I pay 20 pound a month, so I get one free bolt on). I don't actually have my iPhone working on O2 yet, this question is for when I get home. Thanks :)

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Not trying to hijack the thread, this is still quite relevant but is the O2 Simplicity contract identified as pay as you go?

I'm trying to figure out if I'm suppose to use

payandgo.o2.co.uk

or

idata.o2.co.uk

It's the rolling monthly O2 simplicity and will be being used with the free "unlimited web data" bolt on (I pay 20 pound a month, so I get one free bolt on). I don't actually have my iPhone working on O2 yet, this question is for when I get home. Thanks :)

I'm on simplicity and use mobile.o2.co.uk with vertigo/password.

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I'm on simplicity and use mobile.o2.co.uk with vertigo/password.

Thanks buddy!

By the way, Jailbreak is out for MAC :( (I need Quickpwn for windows)

http://blog.iphone-dev.org/

Ultrasn0w isn't out yet either.

However they should be a matter of hours I guess...

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Interestingly, my cellular data username on idata.o2.co.uk is o2wap rather than vertigo which is what most people seem to be using. Is there any difference?

It doesn't seem to have affected anything though as tethering, MMS and Visual Voicemail are all still working for me.

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