What is "tethering"?
What the term "tethering" refer to ? The thing that confused me is it is only considered related to mobile equipment and not pc. Does this mean sharing internet connection through wi-fi. Is service provider involved in "tethering" as [wikipedia][1] states some involvement .

*plese help me with the tag
  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tethering
What is "tethering"?
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What the term "tethering" refer to ? The thing that confused me is it is only considered related to mobile equipment and not pc. Does this mean sharing internet connection through wi-fi. Is service provider involved in "tethering" as [wikipedia][1] states some involvement .

*plese help me with the tag
  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tethering