Iphone 3g tethering

i just recently added tethering to my AT&T plan.  iPhone 3G tethering is in the list of capabilities on apple.com.
But I do not see the "tethering" option as most people sites tell me to turn on (i use the iOS 3 which i hear is tethering capable).
Nor will my iphone come out as a connected device on my mac's network preference.  I tried but usb and blutooth.
i want to make it work over usb.  any help?

The iPhone 3G is not capable of tethering.

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    Thanks for that - I'm sure I've seen the option but this may have been when I updated iphone software, it loss all of my carrier's settings ... and no my carrier does not support tethering however I have heard a lot of talk about the option being 'visible' but not usable unless ones carrier supports it - I must have got that wrong - good of you to take the time.
    It's a pity as I pay for my 3g data on my phone, the fact that I would like to (very rarely) switch to my ipad for the increased real estate wouldn't add much to my data use - I guess they feel they need to protect themselves from abuse !
    It seems no matter who your carrier is all they're really interested in is making more money, when will they realise that providing customers with what the customer wants would increase revenue .... end of morning rant.
    Good of you to take the time.
    Roger

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