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From: Chris Blunt on 20 Jul 2010 08:28
I've been connecting my laptop to the internet via mobile phones for
at least the last 10 years now, but I've noticed the use of the word
"tethering" being used recently to describe doing something like this.
I may be missing something here, but is this just a fashionable new
use of the word to describe what I've already been doing, or is there
something more to it?

To me, tethering is something you do to animals to stop them running
away.

Chris
From: Andy Burns on 20 Jul 2010 08:41
Chris Blunt wrote:
> I've been connecting my laptop to the internet via mobile phones for
> at least the last 10 years now, but I've noticed the use of the word
> "tethering" being used recently to describe doing something like this.
> I may be missing something here, but is this just a fashionable new
> use of the word to describe what I've already been doing

Yep, usually over USB, Bluetooth or WiFi (is infrared dead for
phones/laptops now?)

From: DevilsPGD on 20 Jul 2010 13:41
In message <jI2dne9LOvIQBNjRnZ2dnUVZ8oednZ2d(a)brightview.co.uk> Andy
Burns <usenet.aug2009(a)adslpipe.co.uk> was claimed to have wrote:

>Yep, usually over USB, Bluetooth or WiFi (is infrared dead for
>phones/laptops now?)

Infrared is finally dead, and hopefully buried for good.
From: jasee on 20 Jul 2010 16:50

"DevilsPGD" <Still-Just-A-Rat-In-A-Cage(a)crazyhat.net> wrote in message
news:u4nb46dchv73aumjdaga4atgjmc6dhji95(a)4ax.com...
> In message <jI2dne9LOvIQBNjRnZ2dnUVZ8oednZ2d(a)brightview.co.uk> Andy
> Burns <usenet.aug2009(a)adslpipe.co.uk> was claimed to have wrote:
>
>>Yep, usually over USB, Bluetooth or WiFi (is infrared dead for
>>phones/laptops now?)

Is this really right, I thought it refered to being forced to use only
particular applications with a phone


From: zeitgeist on 20 Jul 2010 18:04
On 2010-07-20 21:50:31 +0100, jasee said:

> "DevilsPGD" <Still-Just-A-Rat-In-A-Cage(a)crazyhat.net> wrote in message
> news:u4nb46dchv73aumjdaga4atgjmc6dhji95(a)4ax.com...
>> In message <jI2dne9LOvIQBNjRnZ2dnUVZ8oednZ2d(a)brightview.co.uk> Andy
>> Burns <usenet.aug2009(a)adslpipe.co.uk> was claimed to have wrote:
>>
>>> Yep, usually over USB, Bluetooth or WiFi (is infrared dead for
>>> phones/laptops now?)
>
> Is this really right, I thought it refered to being forced to use only
> particular applications with a phone

No, it's the new term for using a phone as a modem to connect a laptop
to the internet. There are usually ways around being charged extra for
it though!

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