“Sticking it to the Man” or … Wifi options for the iPad
by abaggy on Jun.06, 2010, under app, Droid, iPad
My apologies, I’ve been semi off-line from twitter and blogging the past few days while flexing my rebellion muscles.
Now that AT&T has officially screwed over iPad customers with their “unlimited data” bait and switch tactics, many are looking for ways around AT&T’s misleading advertisements. Earlier I wrote about evaluating a product called MyWi. I recently purchased MyWi and have been using it to tether my iPad to my jailbroken iPhone on T-Mobile. Problem? Due to hardware limitations only Edge speeds could be achieved. What to do? Well I have a 3G capable G1 waiting in the wings.
So I went ahead and rooted my Droid G1 (akin to jailbreaking an iPhone). This provides access to the Droid OS root and allows things like wifi tethering. Then found an app called Android Wireless Tether. Right off the bat it worked seamlessly. I now have a 3G WiFi connection for my iPad without having to kowtow to the AT&T behemoth.
Anyone need a jailbroken 2G iPhone? 
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