Not to mention that those fees are probably targeted to blackberry users, which on every carrier, involves an extra fee (usually 15 bucks more).
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AT&T Cracking Down on Unauthorized Tethering
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Not to mention that those fees are probably targeted to blackberry users, which on every carrier, involves an extra fee (usually 15 bucks more).
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only good thing about three network in uk is that it allows one to tether the phones 3g network to wifi devices
Plus-it's fully unlimited data, no FUP, no small print, just unlimited (or all you can eat as 3 call it!) data.
This is off-topic and I apologize for that, but in regards to the app referenced in that story: IMHO, anyone who walks into a busy street or in front of an oncoming train because they are too busy texting & walking to notice lacks a certain modicum of intelligence. Furthermore, anyone who needs an app to prevent this from happening (which insinuates that it is a constant problem for them) probably should not be procreating.
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Seems to me AT&T should focus on providing their customers with service/signal in all areas and not worry so much about charging people more for data they have already paid for.
Any updates on AT&T cracking down on mywi/tetherme?
I haven't seen many updates lately. Are people still getting notifications from AT&T for using tetherme/mywi? Has anyone figured out how AT&T is detecting who is using those programs?
I haven't seen many updates lately. Are people still getting notifications from AT&T for using tetherme/mywi? Has anyone figured out how AT&T is detecting who is using those programs?
Well, I did use MyWi two weekends ago to tether the laptop to watch the Lakers game in the car and do some other web surfing while driving up from LA to Sacramento. Used some 800MB I believe. I have yet to get anything from AT&T...
Sending people SMS or charging people tethering is a small cost comparing to build new infrastructures.
People pay unlimited plan for their iPhone usage NOT tethering.
Not on all their plans.
I'm on The One Plan, which does allow it. Rarely use it... but it is nice knowing it's there if/when I need to.
verizon is more expensive than AT&T and some of us don't care that there is a 3G signal where the cows are. AT&T works where most people live and work
You mean conduct a business practice that all carriers do? News flash, pretty much every standard smartphone plan (limited or not) requires that you pay extra for tethering - Sprint, VZW, T-mobile, and so on all have separate tethering fee's. It also appears to be the case in other countries - which is exactly how Apple advertised it when they debuted it - it would be based on the carrier providing support.
And no carrier is going to be able to provide service everywhere - simple physics and legalities just don't make that practice.
You're right about that, but you know what? the people that live "where the cows are" care about their service. I lived in a suburb of a very large metropolitan area, and I never got service in my basement, but low and behold, once i got att, I had service all over my house. Oh and by the way, there's cows 10 miles away from my house...
Way outback in the Silicon Valley AT&T never works. 3G coverage is practically non-exsistant, dropped calls are frequent, and expect to get voicemails/text messages anywhere from 5 minutes - several hours late.
The only plus side to all this is that theres the free same service calling thing, sorta makes up for the horrible coverage.
Well, according to AT&T, and the contract you agreed with them, you do get "unlimited Data", it is just limited to the phone and nothing else.
Just because your phone can technically support it, doesn't mean that AT&T (or anybody else) has to support it. All service providers have defined limits to their service. With cellular providers, tethering is considered a different service, just like have a business class connection with your ISP gives you different abilities.
And this is NOT just AT&T, several carriers, even non-us ones, view tethering as a separate feature.
I've been doing some light tethering the past couple days (100mb/day) on a 2GB plan. No text from AT&T about unauthorized tethering!
Unlimited and Unresticted are two different things. You can use all the data you want, but are restricted to a single device.
That is the best way to term things for this discussion. AT&T offers unlimited data, but it is not unrestricted in it's use.
They say people don't like big government, but the only way to stop BS fees and other crap from corporations is to keep passing laws (which they then look for loopholes to circumvent and the circle goes on and on). For instance, they are trying to get legislation to limit the fees credit card banks can charge merchants (see "interchange fees" on any news site) and the banks are, of course threatening to simply rip customers off in another area (e.g. remove free checking, increase ATM fees, etc.) because they aren't making enough money, don't you know. Record profits and a recession squarely at the feet of banks and yet they are not making enough profit.
Meanwhile, teachers, police and firefighters are apparently making too much money with pushes by Republicans and Tea Baggers to cut their pay and benefits packages in the name of the greater good. Yes, the same greater good that corporations and banks refuse to contribute to because they are simply not making enough profit. They need to charge you higher ATM fees and overage fees and walking on their carpet fees so they can buy that extra mansion and brand new Aston Martin. Teachers can get by with less, though. They don't need health care and $50,000 a year is just too much money! They're stinking rich don't you know?
Yes, AT&T needs that extra fee for the same data you already paid for. After all, coffee turns to wine when you visit Google via a laptop instead of an iPad....