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Tethering with a Blackberry?

5 postsstarted by zaneclark 2,165 viewsoriginal topic

zaneclark
Senior Member
#1
We have a computer in our family history room but the building doesn't have wifi. A member has said he can use his Blackberry to open the internet on our machine and open New Family Search that way. I have 2 questions: is this possible and if it is, will it cost him extra to do this?
jdlessley
Community Moderators
#2
zaneclark wrote:We have a computer in our family history room but the building doesn't have wifi. A member has said he can use his Blackberry to open the internet on our machine and open New Family Search that way. I have 2 questions: is this possible and if it is, will it cost him extra to do this?
Yes it is possible. This website, in a list of may others, describes this. As for your second question, I don't know. I guess it depends on the service he subscribes to.
JD Lessley
Have you tried finding your answer on the ChurchofJesusChrist.org Help Center or Tech Wiki?
nerdherd-p40
New Member
#3
Most cell phone carriers require that Blackberry users have a data plan, so he shouldn't have to pay anything beyond his normal monthly charges to do this.
russellhltn
Community Administrator
#4
The problem I see is there is no church-mandated firewall. Nor would the connections involve support it.
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McDanielCA
Member
#5
For some carriers, just a data plan is not sufficient to tether.

I know because I have a blackberry and tried to tether. This is with Sprint. When I called them they told me I would need to pay for an additional service.

If he DOES have that service it won't cost him any extra than he is already paying. However, I don't know if that is considered to be an appropriate connection.