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Tricky AT&T iPhone 3.0 tethering

By Tim Conneally | Published June 18, 2009, 6:39 PM

It didn't take long for crafty users to figure out how to enable tethering on their newly-updated 3.0 iPhones, irrespective of carrier regulations. Apple community MacMegasite posted its own method for tethering, and BenM.at's iPhone Help Center provides not only an iPhone-formatted config site for activating tethering, but also a rudimentary means of activating MMS as well.

Betanews is awaiting comment from AT&T on the subject, which may be forthcoming. In the meantime, check out our tethered iPhone speeds and let us know how yours compare.

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