tethering
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- noun
- /ˈtɛðərɪŋ/
- Specialized
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compartición de internet
- Great news for those who would like a Windows Phone 7 device and rely on tethering.
- high-speed tethering
Examples
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Without rooting your phone, you will probably not have access to tethering functionality.
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"Yeah, tethering is cool, but wait till you see how much extra the carriers will want for it."
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I just need a bit of a tethering in order to get my stuff online.
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The big risk, of course, is losing your carrier service or getting charged for tethering.
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I would spend $20/month for tethering if I could pick and choose which months I wanted tethering on.
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The rates for tethering from AT&T and Verizon are the same as they charge for data on the iPad.
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Each plan includes tethering and unlimited domestic calls and texts for smartphones and basic or quick messaging phones.
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If you have unlimited data, some carriers may disable your ability to use the built-in tethering options on your phone.
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AT&T's tethering solution for other smartphones costs $60 per month and is limited to 5GB of data.
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To work while on a business trip, I used my smartphone's tethering feature to share my internet connection with my laptop.
How Connected
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Tethering is used for sharing a phone's internet because it works like a rope or 'link' that connects other devices to one main device, just like the simple word tie. So tethering on a phone means letting other devices 'connect' through yours.