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I am one of the "lucky" customers who has been able to hold on to my unlimited plan. So, I'm naturally annoyed that I don't get tethering now. "It is not clear
by rrbrambley 14y ago
I am one of the "lucky" customers who has been able to hold on to my unlimited plan. So, I'm naturally annoyed that I don't get tethering now.
"It is not clear that Verizon can differentiate between limited and unlimited plans through this interface — it might just look for a tethering plan flag. This could mean a free for all with unlimited users, tethering as they please."
I'm not sure if they're being extremely optimistic here, or I simply don't understand what the author is saying. Free for all with unlimited users? There might be some sort of technical problem to solve to prevent unlimited users from tethering, but my guess is that Verizon will do whatever it takes to force us to pay, if they can.
- jff 14y agoIf you're on Android, install Cyanogenmod and get free tethering. I don't use it a lot, but I've never had any trouble.
- jlgreco 14y agoI used it fairly heavily for a while during a move and didn't have any trouble. I'm pretty sure Verizon either can't/doesn't tell, or just doesn't care because relatively few people do that.
- w1ntermute 14y agoI've got unlimited data on Verizon as well. I installed Jelly Bean on my Galaxy Nexus a few weeks back and am enjoying free, built-in tethering (it even does WPA2 correctly, the only thing that was missing in previous implementations). I just make sure I don't abuse it so much that Verizon cottons on to what I'm up to. For example, I've got geofences set up to switch to wifi whenever possible, to reduce data usage.