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Can someone explain why there is still the 100 MB cellular limit?

by Geee 12y ago

Someone1234 12y ago
Because Apple "partners" with the cellular networks (in the US) and these networks asked them to. It used to be 50 MB. And before someone tells me off, if it isn't down to cellular network agreements, then why can't people disable it? And why does it not exist in other regions? The Play Store has this same limitation by default, however you can disable them in that case just be flipping a single option.
- gergles 12y ago
  Same reason why they added the malfeature to phone home to your carrier and ask permission to color your bits the tethering color; it all ultimately boils down to $.
  - ubercow13 12y ago
    Like most business then, I guess
  - seanp2k2 12y ago
    Unless you jailbreak, then you can tether all you want, but you still have to use an app for it instead of just enabling tethering in settings.
wvenable 12y ago
...and no way to turn it off! I've actually used one iPhone as a Wifi hotspot to download apps on another iPhone to get around this limit.
- Someone1234 12y ago
  That's actually a very clever way of bypassing it.
  - JosephRedfern 12y ago
    Although the part requiring two iPhone is a bit of a downer...
- mrsteveman1 12y ago
  Are you doing that with 2 iOS 8 devices? I ask because that actually fails on an iPad running iOS 8 if you're tethered to something via bluetooth instead of WiFi, even if the other end isn't an iPhone or a mobile device at all. I only noticed this because my iPad 2, which has no cellular connection, recently told me it couldn't download an app update over the cellular connection it doesn't have, and that I should connect to WiFi instead. In reality it was connected to my Macbook via bluetooth and through it, my DSL connection at home, not an iPhone. And yet still... blocked app updates. Seems they assume any bluetooth connection is a mobile tether. I have my iPad connected like that because WiFi on this device in iOS 8 is horribly broken, and disconnects from the AP 20+ times per day, which causes Netflix streams or anything else long-lived to fail. It didn't break like that on iOS 7, and the AP here is made by Apple as well so this is multiple levels of absurd, they've had months to fix it or show some sign they care at all, but bluetooth connections work.... sigh.
toomuchtodo 12y ago
Cellular providers.
sbuk 12y ago
Bluntly, because unscrupulous service providers are charging too much for data.
- happyscrappy 12y ago
  If you break your cap they make more money, no?
  - sbuk 12y ago
    Why is that a consideration for Apple?

Can someone explain why there is still the 100 MB cellular limit?

by Geee 12y ago

Can someone explain why there is still the 100 MB cellular limit?

Because Apple "partners" with the cellular networks (in the US) and these networks asked them to. It used to be 50 MB. And before someone tells me off, if it isn't down to cellular network agreements, then why can't people disable it? And why does it not exist in other regions? The Play Store has this same limitation by default, however you can disable them in that case just be flipping a single option.

gergles 12y ago
Same reason why they added the malfeature to phone home to your carrier and ask permission to color your bits the tethering color; it all ultimately boils down to $.
- ubercow13 12y ago
  Like most business then, I guess
- seanp2k2 12y ago
  Unless you jailbreak, then you can tether all you want, but you still have to use an app for it instead of just enabling tethering in settings.

wvenable 12y ago

...and no way to turn it off! I've actually used one iPhone as a Wifi hotspot to download apps on another iPhone to get around this limit.

Someone1234 12y ago
That's actually a very clever way of bypassing it.
- JosephRedfern 12y ago
  Although the part requiring two iPhone is a bit of a downer...
mrsteveman1 12y ago
Are you doing that with 2 iOS 8 devices? I ask because that actually fails on an iPad running iOS 8 if you're tethered to something via bluetooth instead of WiFi, even if the other end isn't an iPhone or a mobile device at all. I only noticed this because my iPad 2, which has no cellular connection, recently told me it couldn't download an app update over the cellular connection it doesn't have, and that I should connect to WiFi instead. In reality it was connected to my Macbook via bluetooth and through it, my DSL connection at home, not an iPhone. And yet still... blocked app updates. Seems they assume any bluetooth connection is a mobile tether. I have my iPad connected like that because WiFi on this device in iOS 8 is horribly broken, and disconnects from the AP 20+ times per day, which causes Netflix streams or anything else long-lived to fail. It didn't break like that on iOS 7, and the AP here is made by Apple as well so this is multiple levels of absurd, they've had months to fix it or show some sign they care at all, but bluetooth connections work.... sigh.

toomuchtodo 12y ago

Cellular providers.

sbuk 12y ago

Bluntly, because unscrupulous service providers are charging too much for data.

happyscrappy 12y ago
If you break your cap they make more money, no?
- sbuk 12y ago
  Why is that a consideration for Apple?