Tag Archive for 'iphone'

of fido, iphones, and tethering

Published on November 10, 2009 in General. 0 Comments Tags: , .

Well that’s just plain weird.

I remember when the iPhone 3.0 OS came out that Fido had mentioned tethering would be enabled. I tried it back then only to find some message telling me on the actual iPhone that I would need to contact Fido.

After some research I found a page clearly describing that I would need a higher MB package. At the time of signing up I was on a 500MB/month data plan. In order to tether I would need a 1GB/month plan. I was fine with that, and didn’t worry too much. One less toy/tech to worry about.

While reviewing my Fido bill online this evening, I saw that I had a usage maximum of 1GB/month of data. Somehow I was upgraded and no one told me. Not believing this good fortune (as my monthly charges have not increased since I signed up), I tried to tether with my iPhone, and it worked! Hurrah.

I have to investigate when/why my data plan was changed without my knowledge, unless it was some grandfathering that happened. In the mean time, just for kicks, I posted this very text while tethered.

Isn’t technology grand? :)

of updates and more updates

Published on September 9, 2009 in General. 0 Comments Tags: , , .

Talk about annoying.

iTunes likes to update, at seemingly random intervals, the same bit of software for my iPhone. As an example, I am positive I have updated this one particular app three times in the last week. To make matters complicated, my iPhone then decides to pick its own updates, all of which are mutually exclusive to its desktop overlord (iTunes). This repetition is getting troublesome and irksome.

Fooie.