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  • verb Present participle of tether.
  • noun Internet The connection of a personal computer to a mobile phone so as to obtain wireless Internet access from the PC

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Examples

  • The term tethering was around a long time before the iPhone.

    Discussions: Message List - root 2008

  • I did end up using a special file that I found on a website (Thanks twitter!) and boom, tethering is enabled … and working! shame about the 3g coverage in my home area.

    iPhone 3.0 In Australia: MMS Good, Tethering Iffy | Lifehacker Australia 2009

  • If tethering is your goal, there are cheaper alternatives using other GSM phones while using their $15 or $20/mo internet plans.

    Let the iPhones run free (Jack Bog's Blog) 2009

  • If tethering is your goal, there are cheaper alternatives using other GSM phones while using their $15 or $20/mo internet plans.

    Let the iPhones run free (Jack Bog's Blog) 2009

  • Best deal on a 12-month contract: Optus was originally the only provider offering a 12-month contract, but Vodafone has also added that option, albeit with high handset charges. hard to pick here, though again tethering would be an issue for Optus users.

    Best Australian iPhone 3GS Deals | Lifehacker Australia 2009

  • The sales person at the AT&T store at Mall of America (MOA) told me that tethering is not included in their unlimited internet plan, and that it would cost me something like $.02 per kb if I did that.

    Back to cell phones again... charges for tethering? drewan 2004

  • Siva Vaidhyanathan, the author of the brilliant copyright/tech book The Anarchist in the Library, has a guest-editorial on Engadget today about "tethering" -- using technological measures to ensure that all the aftermarket goodies (coffee for your coffee-maker, music for your iPod) come from the same company that sold you the original hardware.

    Boing Boing: July 25, 2004 - July 31, 2004 Archives 2004

  • Now, unlimited data plans are the norm, except for "tethering" - using your phone as a proxy for your laptop.

    Planet Twisted noreply@blogger.com 2009

  • Apple upgraded their devices to include multimedia messaging and "tethering" - which allow for users to connect computers to the internet via the device - but AT&T has blocked customers from using them.

    Cup Of Joe Powell 2009

  • The third-generation of Apple's iPhone allows "tethering" - where the phone can be used as a

    Macworld Kathryn Edwards 2009

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