[ejholt]

Does anyone know if you can tethering the Tour on the Verizon network? If so, how do you do it? Thanks!

[texasPI]

VZ Acces Manager. You can find it on vzam.net You also need to have tethering added to your data plan.

[ejholt]

Any idea what Verizon charges for this as an add-on for the BB? I would hope that it wouldn't be the full monthly price of a dedicated wireless card - i.e. $60/month.

[jsntrenkler]

I believe it is $30 a month to add Tethering to a Blackberry Device if you have the $30 a month BIS Plan, $15 a month if you are using the $45 a month BES plan. Either way it comes out to $60 a month pre-tax. FYI if you don't know what BES is, you are 99% on the BIS plan for $30 a month.

[zerog46]

Mobile Broadband Connect - 1st Month Free, $15/month thereafter
Turn your BlackBerry® or PDA/Smartphone into your wireless modem
5 GB($0.05/MB Overage) of data access for high-speed wireless Internet access! With Mobile Broadband Connect, connect to the Internet remotely using your device.
© 2009 Verizon Wireless

[rockbottom8]

tetherberry works too ;)

[androw@thestorycompanies.]

Originally Posted by zerog46

Mobile Broadband Connect - 1st Month Free, $15/month thereafter
Turn your BlackBerry® or PDA/Smartphone into your wireless modem
5 GB($0.05/MB Overage) of data access for high-speed wireless Internet access! With Mobile Broadband Connect, connect to the Internet remotely using your device.
© 2009 Verizon Wireless

I think its $ 30 a month now.

[digitalslacker]

confirmed, I use tetherberry on the tour and it works fine.

[Notrega]

Yep - $30/month

[drake3]

I use tethering on my 8830 via USB cable and bluetooth thanks to the help from this forum.

Will the tethering speed be improved by upgrading to the Tour? I know the speed I get through my 8830 is not nearly as fast as a full EVDO modem.

Thanks.

[sbbytor]

Originally Posted by digitalslacker

confirmed, I use tetherberry on the tour and it works fine.

tehtherberry is a one time fee right? No monthly costs?

[jsntrenkler]

Tetherberry is on sale through today for $24.97 .. Regularly $49.95 and is a one time fee for lifetime support.

http://store.blackberrycool.com/prod...&n=TetherBerry

[jsntrenkler]

I am using Tetherberry right now and confirm that it is pretty fast.

[$tockmarket]

just purchased Tetherberry. You can't beat it. Especially today at 50% off. $25 and you can tether your device for life to as many computers as you want.

That beats Mifi for $60/month and VZ's BB tethering for $15/month.

[kurichan]

Is Tetherberry not in violation of Verizon's terms?

How can they do this?

Can Verizon somehow block Tetherberry sometime in the future?

[$tockmarket]

i asked the vz rep yesterday and he said they just had a meeting about it. according to his understanding, no it does not violate vz's terms.

i don't think anyone can answer your second question. for now it's a go and according to the vz rep there were no red flags in the future.

[sbbytor]

I cant get tetherberry to work on a MAC. Does anyone have a suggestion. Does it work for MAC?

[daphne]

Looks like there is a beta for a Mac version. The Windows version doesn't work on Macs.

Mac Beta | TetherBerry

[gschoelles]

I find that TetherBerry connects more reliably and always faster for me than VZAM.

Originally Posted by jsntrenkler

I am using Tetherberry right now and confirm that it is pretty fast.

http://www.speedtest.net/result/524564508.png

[jsntrenkler]

I am loving Tetherberry ... It's always possible that Big Red will come up with a way to block it in the future, however for $25 it was more than worth it. Great Software!