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Macworld: AT&T squashes tethering surcharge rumors
MacDailyNews: AT&T: $55 tethering rumors are untrue
The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW): Damage control: AT&T denies $55 tethering charge rumor
Cult of Mac: AT&T Denies $55 Tethering Plan Rumors
iPhonefreak: AT&T responds; iPhone tethering will not cost $55-a-month
AT&T squashes tethering surcharge rumors
Macworld —
... , has left customers wondering when AT&T will enable tethering, and whether it'll cost extra. Nature abhors a vacuum, as does the Mac Web. Rumors are afoot that AT&T plans to sock customers with a heavy surcharge if they want to use tethering. It's the latest turn of the worm as disgruntled iPhone users in the United States complain more and more vociferously about AT&T's exclusive distribution arrangement with Apple. AT&T has posted info hoping to put the rumors to rest, though it stopped short of saying when it will activate tethering or if there will be any added cost at ...
AT&T: $55 tethering rumors are untrue
MacDailyNews —
... "There are a lot of reports out there, but wanted you guys to know that rumors of $55 tethering plan on top of an unlimited data plan are false," AT flatly states on their AT iPhone 3G S Facebook page. "We’ll have more news to share when the iPhone tethering option is closer to launch," so sayeth AT Full article here . [Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader "Fred Mertz" for the heads up.]
Damage control: AT&T denies $55 tethering charge rumor
The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) —
... that AT&T would charge an additional $55 to enable U.S. customers to use internet tethering on the iPhone, the company has scrambled to deny that claim by posting an update on its Facebook page: ...
AT&T Denies $55 Tethering Plan Rumors
Cult of Mac —
... AT&T used its Facebook page to quash rumors about an iPhone tethering plan Friday.
Apple fan site Appmodo quoted “a source with AT&T” Friday, saying iPhone tethering would cost users an $55 a month and be available sometime in July.
An admin for the Facebook account made a status update saying, “There are a lot of reports out there, but wanted you guys to know that rumors of $55 tethering plan on top of an unlimited data plan are false,” says the AT&T statement. “We’ll have more news to share when ...
AT&T responds; iPhone tethering will not cost $55-a-month
iPhonefreak —
... .“There are a lot of reports out there, but wanted you guys to know that rumors of $55 tethering plan on top of an unlimited data plan are false. We’ll have more news to share when the iPhone tethering option is closer to launch.” Unfortunately, they still are not able to provide us with any new information. Personally I am holding out hope that AT&T is going to do the right thing and offer tethering at a fair price. That said, I could end up being totally wrong. [via Facebook ]
$55 Extra for iPhone Tethering? I Don’t Think So, Nor Does AT&T
jkOnTheRun —
... Aside from my thoughts on the matter, AT&T has already chimed in. They’ve debunked the $55 extra claim as far as I’m concerned with this quote from their Facebook page: ...
AT&T remains elusive on official date for iPhone tethering
The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) —
... seems to think this is a change in AT&T's official stance, but LaVallee explicitly refers to it as "the company's prior statement."
When it comes to iPhone tethering, has Appmodo gotten the story straight before? Well, on June 17th they quoted a source who said "The highly anticipated tethering option will also be delivered towards the end of July with pricing around $55 per month..." -- then on June 19th, AT&T explicitly denied the $55 cost via their Facebook page.
On July 9th they quoted the same source saying that MMS and ...
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