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Originally Posted by scottjl
I think you misunderstood. Bluetooth and USB tethering are enabled, Wi-Fi tethering is not. Since the iPad does not support Bluetooth tethering, you can not link an iPad to an iPhone to surf the web. Not without using something like MyWi, which does Wi-Fi tethering.
Stupid move by AT&T, but not at all surprising.
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Chalk my reply up to a bad headache; I left off "between the iPhone and iPad." My bad. Of course, it's not in AT&T's best interests to have the iPad tethered to an iPhone. They want you to buy two data plans.
And no, it's really not surprising at all, though the timing was sooner than it expected. Problem is, it takes time to upgrade network infrastructure, and AT&T's 3G rep already stinks in much of the country. The demand on their system probably shows quite a spike for May and will only get worse with the new iPhone. This appears to be a preemptive move to try and ease some of that congestion by weeding out the biggest users.