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I'm currently with T-mobile. They started charging for tethering recently and this is making me want to switch. Their tethering charges seem insane since I plan
by throwaway1979 14y ago
I'm currently with T-mobile. They started charging for tethering recently and this is making me want to switch. Their tethering charges seem insane since I plan to tether once a month or so.
- toomuchtodo 14y agoI use a Galaxy Nexus on T-Mobile; I don't pay for tethering, and they only kick you back on HTTP connections if you're not paying for it (DPI/Layer 7). I just use HTTPS for everything when I tether my MBAir to my phone.
- jordanthoms 14y agoOr use a ssh tunnel/VPN.
- dangrossman 14y agoInstall a user-agent switcher extension/plugin and tell your browser to identify as an Android mobile or some other phone. T-Mobile only throws up the "please pay for hotspot" paywall if they detect a desktop browser.
- cheald 14y agoDownside: You get mobile-oriented websites from apps that do user agent detection.
- revelation 14y agoThats legal for a mobile carrier in the US? Can the USPS open letters and charge for lewd content?
- cbr 14y agoLetters have laws that special-case them.
- revelation 14y agoThat may be the case today, but I hardly doubt it was the original intent. They just protected letters because it was the only means of long-distance or written communication back then.