iPhone tethering coming to AT&T with iPhone OS 4.0?

Apple has released a new beta version of its forthcoming iPhone OS 4.0. Among all the other goodness to be found, it appears that iPhone tethering could finally be on its way to AT&T.

iPhone OS 4.0 tethering

A new configuration panel specifically mentions AT&T. The wording and suggestion that customers contact AT&T to enable it suggests that the capability will come at a cost.

Apple introduced tethering support over USB or Bluetooth in iPhone OS 3.0. But this functionality has yet to be supported by AT&T. Is this about to change?

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