Updated: 12/30/2011 @ 7:15 AM EST

Cupertino, Calif. – December 29, 2011- Apple pulled iTether App because it burdens a carrier’s network. Are they talking about AT&T? If Apple is not looking out for their iPhone customers nor application developers who is? What Apple seems to be doing here is simply shoving a big AT&T stick up your you-know-what by not allowing iPhone users to download iTether ($15) as of 12 PM EST on December 29, 2011. The app, iTether, which was developed by tether.com allows iPhone users to have full Internet access on their laptop anywhere using their iPhone’s data plan without WiFi hotspots or extra data plans.

Here is the comment from Tether.com’s blog

According to Apple, users who purchase iTether before it was pulled will continue to be able to use the product.

Who got screwed here? Just follow the money and here is what happens if the iPhone app is downloaded and used by an AT&T iPhone customer.

The developer makes $15 minus fees from Apple for each app sold.
AT&T however will lost $30 each month for each customer using the app.
Consumers pay $15 for iTether and have the ability to stick that $30 each month up AT&T’s you-know-where. Priceless!!

What can we, the little people do? Post and share this article on your wall. Tweet it. Retweet it. Send an email and ask Apple to do right thing.

To the iTether developer; repackage the app and call it FUATT and I will pay $30 for it.

Any suggestions? Use #FUATTTethering hash tag when you tweet or retweet.

To learn more about iTether App visit http://www.tether.com
Tether.com’s blog http://tether.com/apple-pulls-itether
iTether YouTube video
Top ten reasons why you should use the App http://tether.com/downloads/Tether-Top10.pdf

To learn more about Apple visit Apple.com
To learn more about AT&T visit AT&T.com

I, Patrick Phonsakkhwa, do not use iTether app nor AT&T tethering service. Just an upset Apple and AT&T customer.

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I created this site to showcase my flash and digital photo manipulation skills. Each object was taken one by one with the same light source then carefully masked and cleaned up. I created the background by using a photograph of a cement floor and then adding stains to create realism and texture.

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