If you listen to the carriers tethering is a magical new feature that they have to spend lots of resources adding support for, when in reality it's a capability

If you listen to the carriers tethering is a magical new feature that they have to spend lots of resources adding support for, when in reality it's a capability inherent to the architecture of the Internet until they deliberately block it. Building tethering into Android puts a spotlight on this idiocy and will hopefully end it, the same way that pushing updates quickly to the Nexus One has motivated some carriers to actually support their existing customers.