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MyWi on 3gs 4.0.1

  • 18-08-2010 8:27am
    #1
    Scabby Dog
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11 ✭


    If I install MyWi and set it up and allow friends nearby to use my 3G connection to go online on their iPhones will o2 charge
    more to
    my bill? Ive got the unlimited data plan.


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  • #2
    SirCretop
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 112 ✭✭SirCretop


    Yeah, I was wondering this too. If I connect my iphone to my laptop using the USB connection and run MyWi....does it cost me extra on my montly bill from o2 on the unlimited data plan?


  • #3
    jamieh
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,073 ✭✭✭jamieh


    No it doesn't cost any extra.

    I've been using it for months and hasn't affected my bill at all.


  • #4
    SirCretop
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 112 ✭✭SirCretop


    Thanks Jamie.

    Another quick question just.
    Even though I have an unlimited data plan subject to o2's fair usage policy I have read online that if I go over 3GB a month o2 will get in contact and charge me extra? Is this true?


  • #5
    whiterebel
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 15,109 Mod ✭✭✭✭whiterebel


    SirCretop wrote: »
    Thanks Jamie.

    Another quick question just.
    Even though I have an unlimited data plan subject to o2's fair usage policy I have read online that if I go over 3GB a month o2 will get in contact and charge me extra? Is this true?

    No such thing as unlimited, they were told to stop selling it as that some time ago. 3GB limit, and yes they can charge for going over it.


  • #6
    jamieh
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,073 ✭✭✭jamieh


    ^^

    What he said :D


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  • #7
    cojobt
    Closed Accounts Posts: 208 ✭✭cojobt


    If O2 notice extra usage, like a spike in downloading on your account, they will assume you are tethering and didn't inform them. Then they will charge you lots and lots according to their ridiculously high tethering charges. I think MyWi manages to avoid those nasty charges though, but I'm not 100% sure just yet...and I wouldn't go asking O2 if I were you.


  • #8
    cojobt
    Closed Accounts Posts: 208 ✭✭cojobt


    Also, I have just done a Speed Test, comparing MyWi on iPhone 3GS on 3.1.3 (O2 contract) against my 3 Broadband Dongle (Huawei E122).

    The iPhone running MyWi hits 2.44MB. The 3 dongle gets .75 MB average. The iPhone signal is strong and constant (in this location). The 3 dongle has been giving me problems for months as it keeps disconnecting and slowing down randomly (I only use it in one location).

    If MyWi definitely bypasses the O2 carrier charge, I think I'll be ditching my dongle. Of course the downside is that I'll not really be able to download much content as my O2 plan only gives 2GB in a month, where the 3 dongle gives 15GB...but if the damn thing won't stay on it's not much use!


  • #9
    jumbone
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 609 ✭✭✭jumbone


    unlock the iphone and keep the 3 sim for data use only. carry it and a paperclip in your wallet. :D


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