Vodafone’s Infinite plans were always pretty good value for talk and text, but when it came to data there was a big asterisk that said you couldn’t use the bundled data for tethering. After a bit of backlash, the Telco has decided to change its tune.
A Vodafone representative on Whirlpool has confirmed that the tethering charges for Infinite plans has been dumped as of this past Monday (March 28). Gus over at Lifehacker also managed to get confirmation that the T&Cs on the Infinite plans will be updated “soon”, and that anyone who got stuck with tethering charges prior to March 28 would simply have to wear them.
While it’s probably not enough to convince someone to opt for the Infinite plan over any other plan on its own, it’s good to see Voda has brought the premium plans into line with the majority of smartphone plans available.
[Whirlpool via Lifehacker]
Lucas Brown
Wednesday, March 30, 2011 at 1:00 PMI think you might want to fix the wording here. Infinite plans are different from their Unlimited plans, which have always allowed tethering (I would know I’m on one of their Unlimited plans).
Tetherless
Wednesday, March 30, 2011 at 1:04 PMI’ve upgraded my (Vodafone) iPhone4 to ios 4.3.1 but am not seeing the Personal Hotspot in the settings menu. Anyone else had/resolved this problem?
Scott
Wednesday, March 30, 2011 at 2:49 PMI have the same problem. Got my iPhone 4 yesterday and upgrade the firmware but still no link…
Pete
Wednesday, March 30, 2011 at 1:20 PMUnlimited is infinite if you can’t actually get enough signial to use the 3G.
Andrew Moore
Thursday, March 31, 2011 at 12:21 AMdoesnt change the fact you cant use the network…
Steve Tran
Saturday, April 2, 2011 at 4:11 PMAhahha. Goodluck trying to use their tethering with constantly timing out.