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Originally Posted by HarryT
Is "tethering" the same thing as a mobile WiFi hotspot? I thought that "tethering" referred to using your mobile phone as a Bluetooth or USB modem for a PC.
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Tethering is used to describe the ability of a mobile phone to provide internet access for another device, such as a PC. Although typically done in the past by explicit connection between the two devices, some phones - and some specialised "mifi" devices - create a wifi router instead, which devices can access in the same way as a home router. Because they get the same result, people call it the same thing.