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11-09-2012, 04:44 PM
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Lifer
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: €urophile
Posts: 28,944
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Crap! Nexus TMO Tethering no longer FREE!?!
Just a weeks ago while traveling for work in Dallas I used my tethering extensively. Fast forward to today in the ATL airport and now I get screen asking me to add tethering to my account for $15/mo!
CRAP!
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11-09-2012, 04:49 PM
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Lifer
Join Date: Feb 2002
Posts: 11,341
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It hasn't been free for years. They just really didn't enforce it til recently. If you abuse it, they will ask you to pay.
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11-09-2012, 05:06 PM
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Golden Member
Join Date: Dec 2004
Posts: 1,883
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Last I read was they look at the browser user agent to see if you are using a non mobile browser. It was easy to change the user agent to whatever you want. See this thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1931992
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11-09-2012, 06:02 PM
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Diamond Member
Join Date: Jan 2007
Posts: 7,121
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i am so tired of this. we pay for the data, why do they care how we use it?
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11-09-2012, 08:25 PM
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Diamond Member
Join Date: Mar 2000
Posts: 6,959
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ImDonly1
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I frequently use a desktop user agent on my phone. Wonder what they would say if one called to complain about that.
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11-09-2012, 08:48 PM
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Lifer
Join Date: Jun 2001
Posts: 24,850
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Quote:
Originally Posted by wirednuts
i am so tired of this. we pay for the data, why do they care how we use it?
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Users with a tiered data plan should not only be allowed to tether, but actively encouraged to do so. Use up that data quickly, pay carrier for more.
Users with an unlimited data plan, on the other hand, are a different story.
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11-09-2012, 09:08 PM
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Super Moderator
Mobile Devices & Gadgets
Join Date: Jan 2000
Location: Fort Collins, Colorado
Posts: 6,974
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Get a photon from Freedompop. Free tetherable data...
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11-09-2012, 10:07 PM
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Lifer
Join Date: Apr 2000
Posts: 15,819
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What do they charge for? If I use my cell phone with my wireless router, surely they cannot charge for that.
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11-09-2012, 10:45 PM
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Diamond Member
Join Date: Jan 2007
Posts: 7,121
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Bateluer
Users with a tiered data plan should not only be allowed to tether, but actively encouraged to do so. Use up that data quickly, pay carrier for more.
Users with an unlimited data plan, on the other hand, are a different story.
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i dont see why it matters in any case. the only stipulation i understand is throttling individuals if they are causing congestion on the network at any given time. carriers need to stop micro charging for every god dang bit of data and realize if towers aren't running at capacity then who cares who is doing what on them.
it makes me think that the carriers themselves are getting charged on a teir plan to push the data between their towers. it would be the only reason they would be so hell bent on charging per byte instead of energy used and maitnenence of the towers themselves.
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11-09-2012, 10:53 PM
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Diamond Member
Join Date: Mar 2000
Posts: 6,959
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Quote:
Originally Posted by glen
What do they charge for? If I use my cell phone with my wireless router, surely they cannot charge for that.
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Obviously. Do you not know what tethering is?
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11-09-2012, 11:05 PM
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No Lifer
Join Date: Dec 2000
Location: Northern IL
Posts: 58,707
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didnt Verizon get sued for charging for tethering?
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11-09-2012, 11:38 PM
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Diamond Member
Join Date: Oct 2006
Posts: 7,168
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Quote:
Originally Posted by waggy
didnt Verizon get sued for charging for tethering?
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I believe they're not allowed to interfere with tethering over LTE on a metered data plan.
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11-09-2012, 11:42 PM
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Lifer
Join Date: Apr 2000
Posts: 15,819
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Quote:
Originally Posted by sswingle
Obviously. Do you not know what tethering is?
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Well, I thought that was tethering. But, I can't see how they would charge for it? It doesn't use their towers. It uses my ISP that I pay for.
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11-09-2012, 11:42 PM
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Platinum Member
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Houston, TX
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Quote:
Originally Posted by s44
I believe they're not allowed to interfere with tethering over LTE on a metered data plan.
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They're not allowed to interfere due to the rules around the C Block of spectrum the bought in the 700Mhz spectrum auction back in 2008 because of Google.
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11-09-2012, 11:43 PM
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Lifer
Join Date: Apr 2000
Posts: 15,819
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Seems liek tethering would work even if I did not have a provider. Right? What am I missing?
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11-09-2012, 11:45 PM
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Diamond Member
Join Date: Jan 2007
Posts: 7,121
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Quote:
Originally Posted by glen
Seems liek tethering would work even if I did not have a provider. Right? What am I missing?
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waht?
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11-09-2012, 11:45 PM
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Diamond Member
Join Date: Oct 2006
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Quote:
Originally Posted by glen
What do they charge for? If I use my cell phone with my wireless router, surely they cannot charge for that.
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You're confused. Tethering is when you hook your router or PC or tablet to your cell phone to use cell data instead of, say, the cable connection. This can be incredibly useful when traveling, or if your landline internet goes out during a hurricane (yeah, this happened... Verizon stayed up the whole damn time though).
What you describe is just putting your phone on wifi which obviously reduces data use and is encouraged, not restricted.
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11-10-2012, 12:03 AM
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Lifer
Join Date: Apr 2000
Posts: 15,819
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Quote:
Originally Posted by s44
You're confused. Tethering is when you hook your router or PC or tablet to your cell phone to use cell data instead of, say, the cable connection. This can be incredibly useful when traveling, or if your landline internet goes out during a hurricane (yeah, this happened... Verizon stayed up the whole damn time though).
What you describe is just putting your phone on wifi which obviously reduces data use and is encouraged, not restricted.
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That make a lot more sense.
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11-10-2012, 02:24 AM
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Lifer
Join Date: Jan 2000
Location: Palo Alto,CA
Posts: 11,513
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Change the user agent in the browser to mimic an android phone. I suggest that you use Chrome on your laptop and then use the "User agent switcher" plugin. This way you can switch back and forth right in the screen using the drop down on to the right of the address bar.
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/d...jiklpkjnoahfmg
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11-10-2012, 05:32 AM
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Diamond Member
Join Date: Jun 2000
Posts: 9,680
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$15 a month really isn't that bad for unlimited HSPA+ data tethering.
What does your cable run you monthly? Just sayin'!
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11-10-2012, 06:11 AM
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Diamond Member
Join Date: Feb 2012
Posts: 3,052
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Afaik tethering is free in India thankfully
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11-10-2012, 06:32 AM
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Lifer
Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: Raleigh. NC
Posts: 11,559
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Tethering is free if you rooted like me.
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11-10-2012, 10:00 AM
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Elite Member
Join Date: Sep 2001
Posts: 30,653
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Quote:
Originally Posted by T_Yamamoto
Tethering is free if you rooted like me.
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And if you're not rooted there's a wired tether that works without paying the carrier too.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...ikdutta.tether
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11-10-2012, 10:14 AM
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Lifer
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Pittsburgh
Posts: 17,696
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Quote:
Originally Posted by pm
Get a photon from Freedompop. Free tetherable data...
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i thought you didn't want any discussion of tethering workarounds in this forum anymore?
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11-10-2012, 10:18 AM
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Diamond Member
Join Date: Oct 2006
Posts: 8,957
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Quote:
Originally Posted by T_Yamamoto
Tethering is free if you rooted like me.
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Its only free because the carriers haven't cracked down hard on it.
It's extremely simple to figure out if you're tethering or not.
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