Very slow personal hotspot on iPhone but Internet speed great - why??

The Internet on my iPhone 5 is fast using 3G but when I connect my laptop using USB and enable the personal hotspot, the speed is extremely slow. It wasn't always this slow. How do I fix it or what is causing it to be slow on the laptop yet fine on the phone?
Help please!

Basic troubleshooting
Confirm that your iOS device, computer, and wireless plan all meet the system requirements for Personal Hotspot.
Verify that Personal Hotspot is enabled by tapping Settings > General > Cellular > Personal Hotspot.
Verify the Internet connection on your iOS device by tapping Safari and loading a new webpage.
If one connection type doesn't work, try another (for example, instead of connecting using Wi-Fi, try using USB or Bluetooth).
Try disabling and reenabling Personal Hotspot from Settings > Personal Hotspot or Settings > General > Cellular > Personal Hotspot.
Install the latest version of iOS. Tap Settings > General > Software Update.
Reset network settings by tapping Settings > General > Reset > Reset Network Settings.
If none of the previous steps resolves your issue, restore the iPhone.
If none of these work, keep reading on the article I used -> support.apple.com/kb/ts2756

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Unbearably slow personal hotspot!

using an iPhone 5S as a personal hotspot with an macbook pro 2013.
on the iphone its getting 30-40 M+ (fast) but on the mac its so 0-1M.
I have tried the suggestions, reset network settings. tried wifi/bluetooth/usb. all slow.
any suggestions/tricks anyone? tnx

Basic troubleshooting
Confirm that your iOS device, computer, and wireless plan all meet the system requirements for Personal Hotspot.
Verify that Personal Hotspot is enabled by tapping Settings > General > Cellular > Personal Hotspot.
Verify the Internet connection on your iOS device by tapping Safari and loading a new webpage.
If one connection type doesn't work, try another (for example, instead of connecting using Wi-Fi, try using USB or Bluetooth).
Try disabling and reenabling Personal Hotspot from Settings > Personal Hotspot or Settings > General > Cellular > Personal Hotspot.
Install the latest version of iOS. Tap Settings > General > Software Update.
Reset network settings by tapping Settings > General > Reset > Reset Network Settings.
If none of the previous steps resolves your issue, restore the iPhone.
If none of these work, keep reading on the article I used -> support.apple.com/kb/ts2756

How can I connect personal hotspot to use the internet from my phone on my laptop?

I do not have internet at home and want to be able to connect using the personal hotspot on my phone. How do i do this??

How much would be a month?
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Thanks for replying. The plan you have it would be an additional charge to add the hotspot feature. It's not free with the Nationwide plan. You would need to add the feature online at www.verizonwireless.com/myverizon
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HT4623 how to upgrade personal hotspot for iphone 3G

how to install personal hotspot for my old iphone 3G

It says
Personal Hotspot refers to the Internet-sharing feature on iPhone 3GS or later, iPad (3rd generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular or later, and iPad mini Wi-Fi + Cellular. This article explains how to share your cellular data connection using Personal Hotspot. Refer to the User Guide for additional information on Personal Hotspot.
in http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4517

Personal Hotspot causing Iphone to crash

Hi Guys,
Using Iphone 4 with iOS 5.1.1 here
I've searched through the database as well as on google but couldn't find this issue anywhere else so I figured I'd post it here
There seems to be an isssue with my personal hotspot on iphone. In the past I could use either USB tethering or Wi-Fi sharing without any problem but recently I've noticed that whenever I turned on hot spot, and have other devices try to connect to it The connection would be established, but it seems like once the data starts transferring, Iphone would automatically shut itself down, or, rebooted itself rather.
The thing is I can still use USB tethering just fine. And this wi-fi hotspot crash problem never occurred to me before.
i tried restoring to factory, as well as network settings, none of which had worked.
Anyone got any idea?

Have you pre-arranged with your mobile carrier for you to use "tethering" with your iPhone? Many mobile carriers block such tethering until you sign up for that service and pay an exta monthly fee.
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I can't find menu "personal hotspot" my iPhone 4s

Do you have menu "personal hotspot" in iPhone 4s?because I can't find it in my iPhone 4s.i already search in setting>network, but I can't find personal hotspot.anyone help me?thanks

I believe you have to be provisioned by your carrier to use hotspot, could be the reason you don't see it. contact your carrier.

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Verify that your carrier supports Personal Hotspot for your device and that you have Personal Hotspot enabled on your cellular plan:
From Here > http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3574
Personal Hot spot
iOS System Requirements > http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3574
Understanding > http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4517
Trouble Shooting > http://support.apple.com/kb/TS2756

Why can i send imessages to every other person with an iPhone but not one person

I can send an imesage message to every other person with an iphone, but not my uncle, who has an iphone 4s. We are both connected to wifi while texting and yet the message still shows up as green. PLEASE HELP

Get him to check he's got iMessage enabled.
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Last night, I was helping a client with his old iPhone 4S' personal hotspot as shown in http://support.apple.com/en-us/HT4517 web page. It uses Verizon Wireless 3G for his 4 GB data cellular connection. We got the wireless (WPA2) connection to work fine, but it was very slow like crappy dial-up modem speeds. Is this normal? iPhone's iOS v8.1.2's top screen says 1X (is this a speed number?) and left of MBP. Updated Mac OS X 10.8.5's top screen shows an infinite(?) symbol instead of that wifi arc symbol.
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About that 1x speed, you may want to see if you get that everywhere or just in that location. Ideally, in a good coverage area, you should not be getting such slow speeds. Might have something to do with the building you are in though. If you get the same outdoors, and your coverage area is good, you may want to call in and have someone troubleshoot your signal.

My internet is working very slow with my macbook pro, but the network is fine because my macbook air is working perfect?

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Personal Hotspot on iPhone 4s not working via USB cable

In the last couple of weeks, I have not been able to use the Personal Hotspot on my iPhone 4s via the USB/sync cable to either of two 2011 Macs, both running the latest version of Lion, with all relevant software updated, including Flashback removal & Java updates. The connection via Bluetooth & wi-fi is unaffected.
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Very slow Safari after IOS8 Iphone 5S

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Dear Apple Support,
Since Updating our Snow Leopard 10.6.8-based Macbooks to "iTunes 10.7" (& subsequent releases, including iTunes 11 and iTunes 11.0.1), I experienced an issue with the USB "Personal Hotspot" feature provided by the iPhone 4 iOS 6 and 6.1.
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By reading through an infinite amount of Apple Support Community threads regarding the issue (just search "iphone 4 usb tethering" on Google), I was able to determine that the "AppleUSBEthernetHost.kext" provided by iTunes 10.7, 11 & 11.0.1 is defective and doesn't allow the above feature to work.
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Issues with Personal Hotspot on iPhone 5

I have an iPhone 5 with the latest iOS update 7.0.4.
When I enable the personal hotspot on the iPhone it does not show up in available connections on my PC.
I have searched around the web and have seen many postings about this issue and have tried many of the suggestions provided by frustrated users and experts. None of these has fixed the issue.
One suggestion:
1. Set Airplane mode off
2. Set WiFi to off
3. Set Bluetooth to off
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5. cycle WiFi on the PC.
This worked one time and only very shortly.
Another suggestion was to change the last character of my personal hotspot password then change it right back.
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Very frustrating. I need this functionality for work and need some help getting this resolved. Also note I am on a business account.

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