Gearlog.com is reporting that tethering for their upcoming Motorola Droid will be available sometime early next year. I’ve found a dozen posts around the innerwebs quoting the Gearlog scoop, but nothing substantiated from Verizon. Tethering has been the bane of 3G mobile carriers for as long as they’ve been providing the increased speed thanks to the enormous load it puts on their data networks. AT&T provided tethering to users of iPhones at one point, but quickly disabled the functionality as load went through the roof. Blackberry customers have enjoyed tethering for a number of years, but on a slower 2G network.

If you happen to know of an official position from Verizon on this, feel free to share it.