AT&T Claiming I Tether...When I Don't

[terraphantm]

And customers never broke the Terms of Services, right? (I too know how to include the rolleyes in my post).

These customers very well may not have.

At the end of the day, AT&T is not being transparent. They don't tell you when the incident occurred, how much data was used, what triggered the alert, etc. It is very possible that there are more false positives, but without knowing how they're determining it, it's difficult to prove that you didn't tether. Also consider fact that all of our TOS' restrict our ability to take legal action against AT&T. They can basically do whatever they want without worrying about anything.

What I do know is that there isn't a single detection mechanism for anything on this planet that doesn't generate some false positives and false negatives. AT&T may very well have done their due diligence to minimize that risk, but with a customer base of around 100 million, there are almost certainly some folks getting false alerts.

 

[nateo200]

I'm not condoning tethering against the TOS, I'm disagreeing with it but not saying its right to violate it.

Check the Terms of Service you agreed to when you last performed a phone upgrade. You had the right to not agree to those terms and take your business elsewhere. Not that I have any love for AT&T, but anyone using their service did agree to some pretty specific terms / conditions on that service.


Not cool though incorrectly accusing someone if they didn't break the T&C. They ought to have to show proof positive of breech of contract if they're going to penalize someone. Not some shady B.S. about a tethering detector that can't record proof.

I'm not on AT&T so I didn't agree to anything with them. Also please read all the posts in the thread (or at least mine). I already replied to someone saying the same thing....I wouldn't violate terms because I think they are wrong.

I just don't buy this tethering detector BS. AT&T has screwed up plenty of times. What I think these detectors look for is very PC centric internet uses....like if all sites are loading as the "full version" instead of mobile versions or something obvious like a Windows XP Service pack update (Lol this actually got someone in trouble a few years back, it was either on here or another forum but I got a good laugh from it!). I think their detector is just out of data and unable to keep up with the numerous advances that allow people to do so much on a mobile device that might look like computer usage.

 

[BOOGER1]

I'm not on AT&T so I didn't agree to anything with them. Also please read all the posts in the thread (or at least mine). I already replied to someone saying the same thing....I wouldn't violate terms because I think they are wrong.

I just don't buy this tethering detector BS. AT&T has screwed up plenty of times. What I think these detectors look for is very PC centric internet uses....like if all sites are loading as the "full version" instead of mobile versions or something obvious like a Windows XP Service pack update (Lol this actually got someone in trouble a few years back, it was either on here or another forum but I got a good laugh from it!). I think their detector is just out of data and unable to keep up with the numerous advances that allow people to do so much on a mobile device that might look like computer usage.

Very True... ATT always plays games with people.