AT&T Release Unsurprising New Data Plans

iPhone OS4 will finally have the ability to tether without jailbreaking or  any other magical hackery. Ahead of Apple; AT&T, an American telco, have announced new data plans with an option to allow tethering of mobile phone to your computer. The keyword is ‘option’ as it will cost you $20 for the luxury. The data plans range from $15 for 200MB up to 2GB for $25 with excess charges costing $15 for every 200MB on the 200MB plan and $10 per GB on the 2GB plan.
That means if you haven’t already signed up for the unlimited data plan for your iPad, go do it quickly. That is also feeling the pinch down to 2gb.
The biggest problem with this is it costs money to tether. Since when is a 1kb different, whether it goes through your mobile or through your computer. It should weigh the same, but it seems that AT&T aren’t quite happy ripping you off blind with data charges, they also want to charge you more to use the data you have already paid for.
Thank you AT&T, you have given me yet another reason to keep my Blackberry and use Tetherberry.

Via [Engadget]