Carriers dictating personal hotspot usage

Marrakas · Dec 19, 2012, 06:40 PM

I just wanted to make this short post.

Don't you think it's absolutely obnoxious that carriers dictate everything that has to do with sharing your data plan on a personal hotspot on your iPhones?
Why is that they limit it to just certain plans (usually the most expensive ones) and even then you have to pay extra each month to unlock the hotspot feature?

If I pay for 2GB a month, which for at&t or verizon will approximately set me back a ridiculous $40 a month, why are they so afraid that I choose when and where to use that data? I have paid for the data, why do they care if I use it on my phone or my iPad? I find this absolutely unacceptable, and it angers me that they are allowed to control this.

Personal hotspot should be a feature of the phone, regardless of carrier intervention.

SnowLeopard OSX · Dec 19, 2012, 07:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Marrakas

I just wanted to make this short post.

Don't you think it's absolutely obnoxious that carriers dictate everything that has to do with sharing your data plan on a personal hotspot on your iPhones?
Why is that they limit it to just certain plans (usually the most expensive ones) and even then you have to pay extra each month to unlock the hotspot feature?

If I pay for 2GB a month, which for at&t or verizon will approximately set me back a ridiculous $40 a month, why are they so afraid that I choose when and where to use that data? I have paid for the data, why do they care if I use it on my phone or my iPad? I find this absolutely unacceptable, and it angers me that they are allowed to control this.

Personal hotspot should be a feature of the phone, regardless of carrier intervention.

I couldn't agree more with you. The large carriers continue to find more and more ways to wring money out of consumer's pockets by implementing these completely unreasonable data plans, and requirements.

Nermal · Dec 19, 2012, 07:57 PM

I agree, and I wouldn't join any carrier that used restrictions like that. I'm not too familiar with the US market but I believe that Straight Talk is regarded as being a "good" carrier.

Having said that, Apple deserves some of the blame for allowing the restrictions in the first place.

mobilehaathi · Dec 19, 2012, 09:06 PM

Money grab! This shouldn't surprise you.

But I completely agree.

Dec 19, 2012, 06:40 PM	#1
Marrakas macrumors regular Join Date: May 2012	Carriers dictating personal hotspot usage I just wanted to make this short post. Don't you think it's absolutely obnoxious that carriers dictate everything that has to do with sharing your data plan on a personal hotspot on your iPhones? Why is that they limit it to just certain plans (usually the most expensive ones) and even then you have to pay extra each month to unlock the hotspot feature? If I pay for 2GB a month, which for at&t or verizon will approximately set me back a ridiculous $40 a month, why are they so afraid that I choose when and where to use that data? I have paid for the data, why do they care if I use it on my phone or my iPad? I find this absolutely unacceptable, and it angers me that they are allowed to control this. Personal hotspot should be a feature of the phone, regardless of carrier intervention.
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mobilehaathi macrumors 68030 Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Bay Area, CA	Money grab! This shouldn't surprise you. But I completely agree. __________________ Of crimes---none is greater than having things that one desires; Of disasters---none is greater than not knowing when one has enough. Of defects---none brings more sorrow than the desire to attain.
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Nermal Demi-God (Moderator) Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Whakatane, New Zealand	I agree, and I wouldn't join any carrier that used restrictions like that. I'm not too familiar with the US market but I believe that Straight Talk is regarded as being a "good" carrier. Having said that, Apple deserves some of the blame for allowing the restrictions in the first place.
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