comments about this and that wrote:
Tethering is not needed to get emails on the Blackberry, that is called a data plan. Tethering is attaching the blackberry to a laptop with a usb cable as the tether, to use it as a wireless modem.
I understand that. I was refering to receiving emails using the tether service on a PC/laptop. Since we talk about Blackberry, I assumed email is the major concern - but I did mention about data service.