# dear telecommunications guru, I cannot access Gmail.com - tethering issue?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-telecommunications-guru-i-cannot-access-gmail-com-tethering-issue/545865>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [July 7, 2010, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-telecommunications-guru-i-cannot-access-gmail-com-tethering-issue/545865 "2010-07-07T15:01:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![ultraman100](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/b77776/32.png) [@ultraman100](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultraman100)\
**Post date:** [July 7, 2010, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-telecommunications-guru-i-cannot-access-gmail-com-tethering-issue/545865/1 "2010-07-07T15:01:31Z")

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I have not been able to access [gmail.com](http://gmail.com) from my laptop for several days. I can access [gmail.com](http://gmail.com) from android through my phone, but when I tether the laptop it cannot access it, and certain other pages.

Sprint doesn’t support tethering.

I can access [gmail.com](http://gmail.com) if I use another ISP.

I’m not so certain this can be fixed, but I’d like to know why it is happening.

Any ideas?

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**Author:** ![scr4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/59ef9b/32.png) [@scr4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scr4)\
**Post date:** [July 7, 2010, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-telecommunications-guru-i-cannot-access-gmail-com-tethering-issue/545865/2 "2010-07-07T16:31:46Z")

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Are you using the free version of PDAnet? After the trial period ends, it does not support HTTPS (HTTP Secure). Gmail uses HTTPS. You’ll need to purchase the full version of PDAnet.

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**Author:** ![ultraman100](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/b77776/32.png) [@ultraman100](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultraman100)\
**Post date:** [July 7, 2010, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-telecommunications-guru-i-cannot-access-gmail-com-tethering-issue/545865/3 "2010-07-07T18:37:43Z")

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> [@scr4](#):
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> Are you using the free version of PDAnet? After the trial period ends, it does not support HTTPS (HTTP Secure). Gmail uses HTTPS. You’ll need to purchase the full version of PDAnet.

no, EasyTether. Maybe I need to purchase it. Thanks for the tip.