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AT&T USA also charges extra for tethering on top of a data plan. Apple's iPhone will even block you from tethering if you don't pay extra to AT&T.
by TheCowboy 9y ago
AT&T USA also charges extra for tethering on top of a data plan. Apple's iPhone will even block you from tethering if you don't pay extra to AT&T.
- shmerl 9y agoThat already violates net neutrality.
- ac29 9y agoNet neutrality rules never applied to wireless connections.
- shmerl 9y agoThe principle applies to all traffic. Current rules are far from perfect on their own and have loopholes already. Instead of repealing them, they should be extended, including outright banning anti-competitive data caps which is a pure rip off.
- rayiner 9y agoYes they do.
- Feniks 9y agoWere I live packet inspection is illegal, regardless if its wired or mobile.
- celeritascelery 9y agoSame with Verizon
- AndrewGaspar 9y agoI'm positive I don't pay an additional charge for tethering on Verizon.
- TheCowboy 9y agoYou might not given that provider plans and bundles do change over time. Sometimes there are still restrictions and drawbacks (e.g. throttling) since providers are opaque about their services. There could be new plans that include tethering but cost more or have bandwidth caps.
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- freeone3000 9y agoThey enforce this at the ROM level but not the SIM level, so any user-flashed ROM gets around this incompetent "restriction".