Tether this: FCC tells VZW they can't block or charge extra for tethering*

[T_Yamamoto]

G.Nexus + custom rom + unlimited data = unlimited free tethering, no app required. PROFIT!

Exactly!

 

[lupi]

Other than the snippet about unlimited data plans this is a good decision.

 

[her209]

$1.25 million payment to the US Treasury

What a joke. This is like you got caught stealing and your fine is less than the cost of the item you stole, plus you get to keep it.

 

[lothar]

Truth. It seems like Apple/Jobs are the only ones who have the balls to tell carriers to _____ off when they try to install their bloat in their phones.

But yet Steve Jobs couldn't tell AT&T to stuff it on tethering when he was alive?

Lots of iPhone users got those dreaded AT&T text that automatically upgraded them to a tethering plan.
Android users running custom roms? Not so much.

 

[Lifted]

What a joke. This is like you got caught stealing and your fine is less than the cost of the item you stole, plus you get to keep it.

Was thinking the same thing. When will all of the people they stole from be receiving their checks in the mail, with interest? Guess the FCC can't be bothered with that. It will be up to some lawyer to file a class action against VZW, receive $15 million legal fees, and get everyone in the class $0.13 in the settlement.

 

[KentState]

For Android users, I got only one thing to say.


FoxFi

That's what I've been using lately and before it was PDANet on my HTC since it didn't support WiFi tether.

 

[gorcorps]

Instead of paying the Treasury, why don't they have to pay the customers they've been raping for years?