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Tethering

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Using a USB cable to directly attach the phone/tablet to a computer or router. This allows other devices to share the cellular data connection to get online .

Usage of tethering (or mobile hotspot - which is the same concept, but over wireless connections) may have restrictions on some cellular data plans.

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