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Can I make my mobile phone a hotspot to be used by my laptop, tablet?
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08-15-2012 09:14:40 AM
Can I make my mobile phone a hotspot to be used by my laptop, tablet?
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My Device: iPhone 4s
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08-15-2012 11:11:12 AM
Depends on the phone model. If your phone is hotspot capable, you would need a tethering data plan which is different from standard data plans.

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08-16-2012 07:31:33 AM
With the new shared data plans that are coming out this month, I don't think you will need the tethering option.
My Device: Motorola 2950SE bag phone
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08-16-2012 11:58:44 AM
FredW wrote:
With the new shared data plans that are coming out this month, I don't think you will need the tethering option.
correct, the new shared plan includes hotspot and tehtering even down to the 1GB plan

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