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So AT&T relies on nightly checkins from the device reporting how much data it uses? They don't do the accounting in the network? That seems crazy. So on a jailb
by mentat 15y ago
So AT&T relies on nightly checkins from the device reporting how much data it uses? They don't do the accounting in the network? That seems crazy. So on a jailbroken device you could just tell it to report 10% less and it would all be even.
- tantalor 15y agohttp://www.redmondpie.com/how-att-tracks-unauthorized-tethering-on-your-jailbroken-iphone-and-how-to-hide-it-from-them/ http://www.redmondpie.com/how-att-tracks-unauthorized-tether... This article suggests they can track data usage in the network and jailbroken phones cannot override this.
- otterley 15y agoI don't think that's how it works. I think what the speaker meant is that the accounting data is forwarded from the local access point to the billing system at the end of the day.
- mentat 15y agoFrom the article, "the time stamp reflects the time that your device established a connection to the [billing system], not the time that you sent or received data." Note the "your device".