He used 9 GB in one month. That's obviously going to raise flags.
I've used various tethering apps since they've been available and have never been warned. You just have to be smart about it.
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Just received AT&T tethering notice while using tetherme..
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He used 9 GB in one month. That's obviously going to raise flags.
I've used various tethering apps since they've been available and have never been warned. You just have to be smart about it.
Using 9GB in a single month will raise eyebrows everywhere... its not hard to figure that one out.
Actually, if you tether on 3G, they will throttle your speeds if you get high enough GB usage. I've been on LTE for the past year, and it flies.
As a result of some LTE spectrum deal with the government, they aren't allowed to throttle LTE speeds like they do with 3G. Is this what stops them from coming after me for tethering altogether? I have no idea. But smooth sailing so far.
I don't think I've ever heard of anyone getting kicked off unlimited for tethering on LTE on Verizon, but I'm not positive.
If you don't want the message: don't tether.
it's a lot like stealing a car. Sure, it's not fair that certain people can afford to pay for a nice car, and you want one too so you just steal one. You can try and cover your tracks, but you're probably going to get caught eventually.
Enjoy the ride, but be prepared to lose your unlimited. AT&T WILL take it away (one of my best friends is tiered now, and he claims he only tethered 1GB or so... I don't believe that, but it doesn't matter lol...).
AT&T is a business. They make profit off of tethering. If you cheat them of that profit, they have every right to shut it down. If you don't like it, either don't do it, pay for it, or take your business elsewhere.
No biggie
it's a lot like stealing a car. Sure, it's not fair that certain people can afford to pay for a nice car, and you want one too so you just steal one. You can try and cover your tracks, but you're probably going to get caught eventually.
Enjoy the ride, but be prepared to lose your unlimited. AT&T WILL take it away (one of my best friends is tiered now, and he claims he only tethered 1GB or so... I don't believe that, but it doesn't matter lol...).
AT&T is a business. They make profit off of tethering. If you cheat them of that profit, they have every right to shut it down. If you don't like it, either don't do it, pay for it, or take your business elsewhere.
No biggie
The government deal doesn't include a throttling clause it just prevents Verizon from locking and device to their network that uses that band.
Verizon hasn't gotten around to start throttle checks I bet. They will once enough people migrate.
Verizon has a ton of customers in comparison to AT&T. I don't think that's the reason.
AT&T Adds Wireless Users but Trails Verizon - WSJ.com
We are talking about iPhones on unlimited data. Verizon trails AT&T by far on this one.
Well yes, since AT&T had 2 or 3 models before Verizon got a shot at it. Do you think that the iPhone, in particular, is unable to mask tethering usage? Is Android better at it?
You can't really complain if they catch you tethering on an unlimited plan. I would complain all day long if they caught me on a limited data plan since it's no business of theirs what I spend my 1 gig on.
My son streams youtube CONSTANTLY, and refuses to connect to wi-fi, claiming it's "too slow". He usually hits 6gb/month, and has never exceeded 7.
No, it's more like renting a truck with unlimited miles, and you decide to tow a motorcycle behind it.
What's so wrong with that?
I have tetherme on my iPhone 5 with the 3gb plan. I've tethered a little bit, but not that much. I don't think they have any motivation to send me a notice because I am not on the unlimited plan.
I think if you tether to download huge files they can easily figure out that you are tethering by the amount of data consumed per session... Especially if you have an iphone on contract because the iphone doesn't allow downloads over 50mb via cellular data... They are running a huge company... They aren't stupid you know... I guess if you tether for surfing and light downloading they won't be able to tag you... But, if you get greedy as fu*k ofcourse they can figure it out...
No, it's more like renting a truck with unlimited miles, and you decide to tow a motorcycle behind it.
What's so wrong with that?
That's actually a very good analogy.
No, it's more like renting a truck with unlimited miles, and you decide to tow a motorcycle behind it.
What's so wrong with that?
They have a problem because some people do it the other way around...
I had TetherMe first then chose MyWi about 2 years ago because I like being able to reduce the transmit power to save battery life and it can use a status bar icon instead of the big blue pulsing bar when connected.
MyWi doesn't have an NCSettings toggle (yet) but it does have an SBSettings toggle and can be used with Activator. I think TetherMe can be used with all 3 methods.
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Does not compute.
I have used PDANet on a 3G and 4 very infrequently over the years on an AT&T unlimited data plan and have never been notified. Does PDANet hide tethering better, or have I just dodged a bullet?
Does anyone know for sure how AT&T detects it?
Is there a tethering app(s) that has never gotten the notice?
So if I use TetherMe or MyWi just to connect to my iPad mini is AT&T really going to notice? I don't imagine there will be a huge data spike since I am not connecting to a laptop.
I used MyWi off and on for ~2 years. Never a ton of data. I don't think I've ever got anywhere near 3GB in a single month.
I never got a notice from AT&T that threatened to kill my Unlimited plan.
I ended up switching to a Shared Data plan, so I pretty much killed my Unlimited plan myself. :/
I have a 6GB plan, now, and I've used about 800 MB of that.
I never got a notice from AT&T that threatened to kill my Unlimited plan.
I ended up switching to a Shared Data plan, so I pretty much killed my Unlimited plan myself. :/
I have a 6GB plan, now, and I've used about 800 MB of that.