That used to be the case but it has changed now. Probably depends on the phone broadband chipset used. These days you can passthru your WiFi or even a wired co

That used to be the case but it has changed now. Probably depends on the phone broadband chipset used. These days you can passthru your WiFi or even a wired connection (via USB to a connected PC or a Ethernet-to-USB adapter) via a Hotspot.