Personal Hotspot Error

When in the network setting the personal hotspot options on my iPhone 4.3 just endlessly loads and so this is very frustrating, can anyone help???

You need more than 3G to use the hotspot. You also need to have the service provisioned on your account. There is an extra charge for it.
Also, see: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4517 and http://support.apple.com/kb/TS2756

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