Droid Tethering "Bill?"

DustinO
Newbie

I have the original Droid and I just received my Froyo 2.2 update, I have tested the WiFi tethering and it works fantastically, but can someone please tell me if it costs cash because I don't want to use it a lot if I got to pay a lot for it. Thanks.

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JerryHam
Newbie

My understanding is that if you use the built-in tethering app that comes with the OTA update your notebook will only go to a Verizon web page to sign up for something like 2 GB of data for a certain fee. (I have not bothered to try it though as I am not interested in paying more for an unlimited data plan I already have). If you used the built-in tethering app with your notebook and DIDN'T get redirected to a sign up page I would be surprised since I have seen several posts about that being how it works. That page should have detailed any fees and limitations.

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Cobjones
Contributor - Level 1
Wifi works free.. if you use their network it takes you to a sign in page.
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DustinO
Newbie

i have connected it and it works but i havent gottent this sign-in site i am hearing about

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PJNC284
Master - Level 2

What do you mean by "wifi tethering"? Are you actually connecting a laptop to the Droid using wifi? Froyo on the droid shouldn't have the hotspot feature.

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DustinO
Newbie

my droid is connected to my laptop with the usb

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PJNC284
Master - Level 2

That's just regular USB tethering, not "wifi tether".  Is the droid actually connected to wifi or 3G?  Everyone else has mentioned that it takes them to a page to sign up for mobile broadband connect.

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Cobjones
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I think he means the droid is connected to wifi... you do not go to a sign in sheet if it is using wifi.. only cdma
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