[razorbackfan]

some of us live in the freaking boonies and wifi spots are hard to come by. Being able to use my 8703e as a modem for my laptop was a HUGE factor in my decision to buy it. I work on the road EVERY single day, and probably answer close to 1000 emails a day, noway do I want to read and respond to 1000 emails from my bb. I have a custom built platform in my van that allows my laptop and bb to sit side by side up and running and with alltel's unlimited data plan I stay tethered anytime I'm on the road and can easily pull over and respond to any emails I might get, it's MUCH more convenient than just the bb would be.

As far as tethering your home PC goes, for me it wouldn't make much sense b/c I spend too much time online at nights to sacrifice the speed to save the $20/month my DSL costs, BUT if you were only using it for light emailing, sure why not?