Tethering with a Blackberry?

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Tethering with a Blackberry?

Postby zaneclark » Sun Oct 18, 2009 5:04 pm

We have a computer in our family history room but the building doesn't have wifi. A member has said he can use his Blackberry to open the internet on our machine and open New Family Search that way. I have 2 questions: is this possible and if it is, will it cost him extra to do this?
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Postby jdlessley » Sun Oct 18, 2009 6:54 pm

zaneclark wrote:We have a computer in our family history room but the building doesn't have wifi. A member has said he can use his Blackberry to open the internet on our machine and open New Family Search that way. I have 2 questions: is this possible and if it is, will it cost him extra to do this?
Yes it is possible. This website, in a list of may others, describes this. As for your second question, I don't know. I guess it depends on the service he subscribes to.
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Postby nerdherd-p40 » Sun Oct 18, 2009 9:42 pm

Most cell phone carriers require that Blackberry users have a data plan, so he shouldn't have to pay anything beyond his normal monthly charges to do this.
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Postby russellhltn » Mon Oct 19, 2009 12:05 am

The problem I see is there is no church-mandated firewall. Nor would the connections involve support it.
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Postby McDanielCA » Tue Oct 20, 2009 2:08 pm

For some carriers, just a data plan is not sufficient to tether.

I know because I have a blackberry and tried to tether. This is with Sprint. When I called them they told me I would need to pay for an additional service.

If he DOES have that service it won't cost him any extra than he is already paying. However, I don't know if that is considered to be an appropriate connection.
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