For those of you who don't know yet, internet tethering means the possibility of using your iDevice as a modem to connect a PC/laptop/Mac to the internet. The Internet will work based on the data connection available through the telephone network to which you are connected and the browsing speed will depend primarily on the type of connection (EDGE/3G) but also on the strength of the signal in the location where you are. For a few days I had the misfortune of connecting to the Internet using the mobile data network of those from Orange and the internet tethering option in iOS. All these days I was connected to the 3G network and I constantly had 4 lines of signal, so a very good signal, not excellent but good enough to allow me to surf the Internet at 1-2 Mbps.
Unfortunately, my experience with Internet from Orange was a very, very bad one, that is, 80% of the time the Internet went very, very hard, the pages were very, very difficult to load, it is practically unusable for daily use on a computer. The internet worked most of the time at speeds below 1MB (more precisely somewhere around 3-400Kbits), but in the evening it became almost unusable until around 12 o'clock. There were also good moments when the internet worked well, but that happens only around 8 in the morning and it didn't last too long because around 9 everything was back to "normal". I want to mention that during use there are many moments when everything freezes, practically you can't load any page and these moments are quite frequent.
I don't know how the Internet from Orange works on the dedicated modems, but through Internet tethering the experience is terrible and I don't recommend you to use something like this unless it is the last solution. This was my experience with this service, so it is purely subjective. I don't know how Internet tethering from Orange will work for you, but I used it/I use it in Iasi in an area with 4 signal lines on 3G. I used an iPhone 3GS all the time, but I also connected to the Internet from iPhone 4 and the situation was identical.
The purpose of this article was to inform you about how internet tethering works on the iPhone on Orange. I don't know how it works on Vodafone/Cosmote, but the situation is just as bad on Digi Mobil.
salut, am folosit si eu cateva zile netul de la vodafone prin tethering pe un iphone 3g si am fost foarte multumit. mi-a mers excelent (pentru un internet mobil). nu tine cont de ore :P…l-am folosit atat in bucuresti cat si unde stau eu, in dambovita. este diferenta de viteza intre zone, dar nu atat de mare. este foarte utilizabil. nu mai stiu ce viteze am avut, insa browsingul si descarcarea unei aplicatii de vreo 20 de mega mi-a mers fara nici cea mai mica problema.
Internet tethering imi functionaza foarte bine pe Orange.
Viteza este undeva la 400-600 KB/s (kilo bytes, sa nu se faca confuzie cu kilo biti)
Nu am avut parte de intreruperi. Nu vreau sa pun intrebari stupide zaone. Nu a rulat cumva Windows Update sau ceva client BitTorrent?
Era sa uit: Localitatea Zalau, 3G, pe la periferia orasului 3-4 linii semnal.
la mine a mers foarte bine de am ramas in 3 ore fara 1,2 GB , care s-au evaporat din abonamentul meu la 2 zile de cand ajunsesera. problema e ca nu imi aduc aminte sa fi facut un download mai serios da vedem pe factura detaliata. in concluzie experienta mea cu tethering a fost una foarte dureroasa mai ales ca am facut si trafic suplimentar de 20e. si abia a inceput luna …
@Deac Bogdan – Alexandru: Nicidecum. Am facut si teste pe speedtest.net. Doar un Yahoo messenger deschis si paginile web.
Am folosit tethering de la Vodafone si a mers foarte bine 200 – 300 KB pe un Iphone 3G in Iasi, Mangalia, tren Iasi – Bucuresti etc.
atentie sa nu ai aplicatii pe iPhone care sa utilizeze din banda.
de ex. Yahoo! Mail … care by default este pe PUSH …
nici eu nu am avut probleme pe tethering … pana acum … si sper sa nu am
Eu folosesc MyWi ca sa transform iphone 3gs in hotspot pentru a da net la ipad wifi. Mentionez ca am net de la VDF si merge f bine.
tethering de pe vodafone merge bine, intr-adevar. l-am testat in craiova si am prins chiar un 400 kbps la un download.
offtopic: @zaone era la un moment-dat un articol aici in care ziceai de un ‘ceva’ in care introduceai seria telefonului si puteai afla data la care a fost fabricat. ma poti indruma spre acel articol ?
thanks
@Aurelius: http://www.zaone.ro/2010/09/30/ce-documente-va-trebuie-pentru-rezolvarea-unei-garantii-in-romania/
Mie pe 3GS internet tethering de la Orange a mers parfum, pe 4 nu am incercat.
Internetul mobil de la Orange merge la fel de prost pe modemurile dedicate.
L-am experimentat intr-un week-end in Ploiesti si si alta data 10 minute intr-un Orange shop. In Orange shop aveau un laptop pregatit pentru demo de internet mobil! Nici macar la ei in showroom nu functioneaza acceptabil.
Tetheru pe 3gs este ok daca esti intr-o locatie fixa cu acoperire. Am dat jos si filme cu el ( avand in vedere ca am un abonament mizer de 6 giga )
In schimb daca folosesti optiunea in miscare ( ex : tren buc – cluj ) asteptativa la gauri mari 🙂
Personal nu as da 4 euro pentru aceasta optiune.
Long live cydia.
am folosit de pe Vodafone si nu am avut probleme.Mergea constant cu viteza buna, ca nu am stat sa masor, dar acceptabil!
cum pot activa functia internet tethering pe un iphone 4 neverlocked , fara cydia instalat , pe vodafone ?
thank you.
Fara jailbreak doar Vodafone te poate ajuta. Intreaba aici : http://www.zaone.ro/iphone-help/vodafone-support/ dar e weekend si probabil abia luni va raspunde cineva de la Vodafone. Ei nu lucreaza in weekend.
Vreau sa folosesc ipad-ul pentru tethering. Se poate face asta? Nu am gasit soft decat pentru iphone.
MyWi din Cydia.