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Questions for those that received TETHERING notice from AT&T
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dmk1974 - A stranger on the Internet confirmed going from spending $45/mo on 2 bills to spending $45 on one bill is a good move, so you're good to go.
Because someone who knows him or her would have better advice? Not sure I see the issue. It's not like they asked for marriage advice.
The 'issue' is...Why would someone even ask the question in the first place?
I am sure this post will result in flaming arrows, but, come on. This is not a situation where dozens of facts need analyzed in order to make a decision and it's the same for everyone who ATT has notified.
If people need/want to keep tethering, then the only option is the $45/month tethering plan and they will switch to this plan either voluntarily or involuntarily.
EDIT: As bmwhd theorized and you declared as plausible, maybe if they join the Apple iOS Developers program, they won't get moved to a tethering plan.
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Good grief, stop the angst-ridden pubescent comments.
Everyone is trying to find a common solution and the bickering helps no one.
Completely agree. Getting tired of folks squabbling over completely off-topic commentary on this thread.
Let's keep this thread limited to those who've received tethering notices from AT&T (as in, the name of this thread - duh), and what little information they might have gleaned from interacting with customer service afterward. A few folks have posted a few decent tidbits from their interactions - let's keep that going.
I've used over 600GB of data through my iphone tethering since January 2011.
I've gotten both warnings...it seems att is taking away my unlimited data?
i think they have a speed cap in place if you go over a certain amount of GB's...
this month i've gotten 14GB and now my donwload speed is 100-80 kbs....
last week it was maxing out at 500 kbs........now i get rand burst like every 30 minutes of up to 300 kbs then it drops back to 100-80 kbs...
I've never had this problem when downloading 200 plus Gb's in one month.
I just moved to minot north dakota so it might be the towers fault, back home in lousisana i maxed at 300kbs average....minot was giving me 500kbs on 5 full bars last week when i got here.
I've gotten both warnings...it seems att is taking away my unlimited data?
i think they have a speed cap in place if you go over a certain amount of GB's...
this month i've gotten 14GB and now my donwload speed is 100-80 kbs....
last week it was maxing out at 500 kbs........now i get rand burst like every 30 minutes of up to 300 kbs then it drops back to 100-80 kbs...
I've never had this problem when downloading 200 plus Gb's in one month.
I just moved to minot north dakota so it might be the towers fault, back home in lousisana i maxed at 300kbs average....minot was giving me 500kbs on 5 full bars last week when i got here.
Wow I have to agree with the above
I got notices for using Miwi
and have noticed that my speeds have dramatically slowed down
Perhaps this would be a good thread to start
a) people who got flagged got speed cap or
b) At&T must have slowed the whole network down on purpose ?
EDIT
WOOOOOW WTF AT&t I was getting 300KB - 500KB/s download speeds and 120KB/s upload speeds
NOW !!
Download Speed: 1676 kbps (209.5 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 314 kbps (39.3 KB/sec transfer rate)
no wonder my skype convo's keep dropping
I got notices for using Miwi
and have noticed that my speeds have dramatically slowed down
Perhaps this would be a good thread to start
a) people who got flagged got speed cap or
b) At&T must have slowed the whole network down on purpose ?
EDIT
WOOOOOW WTF AT&t I was getting 300KB - 500KB/s download speeds and 120KB/s upload speeds
NOW !!
Download Speed: 1676 kbps (209.5 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 314 kbps (39.3 KB/sec transfer rate)
no wonder my skype convo's keep dropping
I can't believe people are bitching and complaining about something that they aren't even contractually supposed to be doing... It's not about the "that's not allowed, stop doing it" factor, but the fact that people are getting pissed when AT&T is taking action.
Careful, with the off topic post. You will upset the 'Can't We All Get Along' thread police.
If you think it's bad now, wait until the T-Mo\AT&T merger gets approved and people are stuck with the "MegAt&t" ... they'll be able to do anything they want.
Personally I think it's funny. Everyone spends so much time writing and complaining on here, but how many of you have taken the time to write your state senators or representatives and express desire to oppose the merger between AT&T and T-Mo? It takes literally about the same amount of time as posting on here, so why not make better use of your time than complain about something you're not trying to fix?
Most senators and reps have websites that you can submit requests to them via, so it literally takes seconds. Don't complain about the merger getting approved if you didn't voice in to your reps.
Personally I think it's funny. Everyone spends so much time writing and complaining on here, but how many of you have taken the time to write your state senators or representatives and express desire to oppose the merger between AT&T and T-Mo? It takes literally about the same amount of time as posting on here, so why not make better use of your time than complain about something you're not trying to fix?
Most senators and reps have websites that you can submit requests to them via, so it literally takes seconds. Don't complain about the merger getting approved if you didn't voice in to your reps.
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New version of MyWi now has a stealth tethering mode.
New version of MyWi now has a stealth tethering mode.
What version are you referring to? Nothing from the developer (release notes, twitter updates, etc) indicates stealth capability.
I'm on the unlimited plan with an iPhone 4 (since the 3g). I'm jailbreaking right now and am going to install MyWi. I will let you all know if I get any letters/messages from AT&T. I'm also an IOS developer.
Edit: Since it hasn't been verified that MyWi now has stealth mode, I am going to hold off on tethering.
Edit: Since it hasn't been verified that MyWi now has stealth mode, I am going to hold off on tethering.
ATT Letter
I'm on a 2 gb per month plan, have never gone over 1500 mb, and still got the letter. They are targeting everyone. Has anybody used the pdaNet level I or level II "hide tethering" feature and still been notified? If you are using it and have not been notified, how long have you used it?
I'm on a 2 gb per month plan, have never gone over 1500 mb, and still got the letter. They are targeting everyone. Has anybody used the pdaNet level I or level II "hide tethering" feature and still been notified? If you are using it and have not been notified, how long have you used it?
Whether they do or do not merge with t-mobile isn't going to fix what people are complaining about here.
If anything, actually it may help that they merge with t-mo, at least t-mo still offers unlimited data (although it is throttled after you surpass 2GB)
Just got my first stop tethering message from att this morning. Last time I tethered was 5/8 and for about 300mb. Before that it has been about two months since last tether. Using MyWi and ios version 4.3.3 I have the unlimited data plan. Called and they said my account will be reviewed again on June 10th but couldn't pry out any other details.
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Rans,
Not good news.
I am using MyWi as well, and I figure sooner or later, they will be coming after me.
I did try PDANET and their "hide" mode but it wreaked havoc on websites that I needed to upload material to, thinking it was a mobile version of the site. Basically, in "hide" mode it was unusable for me.
Interestingly enough, both PDANET and MyWi apps coexist on my iPhone, something previously would not happen as installing one usually uninstalls the other.
Not good news.
I am using MyWi as well, and I figure sooner or later, they will be coming after me.
I did try PDANET and their "hide" mode but it wreaked havoc on websites that I needed to upload material to, thinking it was a mobile version of the site. Basically, in "hide" mode it was unusable for me.
Interestingly enough, both PDANET and MyWi apps coexist on my iPhone, something previously would not happen as installing one usually uninstalls the other.
You are referring to Hide Level II, which PDANet recommends only if Level I doesn't work.
TC25,
LEVEL 1 is also making forum editors think that
they are being accessed by a mobile device.
..at least in my case. That is why I have found
it unusable which is a shame.
..and yes whoever was saying MyWi has a stealth
feature was talking a lot of crap.
I have a feeling that even if MyWi adopts a stealth
feature it will probably work the same way as PDANET
and treat most sites as if it were being accessed by
a mobile device. Good for some. Not for all.
LEVEL 1 is also making forum editors think that
they are being accessed by a mobile device.
..at least in my case. That is why I have found
it unusable which is a shame.
..and yes whoever was saying MyWi has a stealth
feature was talking a lot of crap.
I have a feeling that even if MyWi adopts a stealth
feature it will probably work the same way as PDANET
and treat most sites as if it were being accessed by
a mobile device. Good for some. Not for all.
I don't think they're using APN to detect tethering. It's really easy to setup the iPhone to use the phone APN for tethering, and tetherme automatically sets the tethering APN to the same one that the phone uses for its own data processes. While I personally haven't been caught yet (I use tetherme) I know there are others who use tether me and received the notices.