TCub
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join:2008-09-03
Olmsted Falls, OH
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| Include tethering?
People with unlimited data plans like with what I had with Verizon for $100 a month with my Moto Q and like what I have now for the same price (ish) with AT&T and my iPhone 3G, does tethering really work that good? And in that case is unlimited truly unlimited? I could have sworn with VZW "Unlimited" means up to 5GB per month or something like that.
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k1ll3rdr4g0n
join:2005-03-19
Homer Glen, IL
| said by TCub  :People with unlimited data plans like with what I had with Verizon for $100 a month with my Moto Q and like what I have now for the same price (ish) with AT&T and my iPhone 3G, does tethering really work that good? And in that case is unlimited truly unlimited? I could have sworn with VZW "Unlimited" means up to 5GB per month or something like that. I'm surprised that consumers don't wake up and file class action lawsuits. I know the day AT&T calls me up and tells me I went over on my "unlimited" data plan will be the day I start calling lawyers, start websites, contact the eff, start calling congressman. No joke, I pay for unlimited, it WILL be unlimited, otherwise its false advertising. Plain and simple, if you offer something as unlimited and limit it, it is illegal. TOS does not override federal law. But comeon, verizon is advertising "unlimited" 5GB data plans, duh! You wouldn't even need a lawyer to win that court case:
Evidence:
1) Screen caption of Verzion's plan that states unlimited
2) Phone call from verzion stating you are going over the unlimited plan
I could start an ISP and put in the TOS saying that each time you surf you have to stand on your head else you have to pay a fine of $1000. That wouldn't hold up in any court in the US. Policy does not mean law (as said by someone on DSLR).
As of right now there are no plans to tether the iPhone. Why not? They are probably trying to figure out a monthly $$ they can charge and an amount the market will bare.
And regarding tethering; that is the second biggest scam in the telcom industry since text messaging. Internet Connection Sharing is built into Winodws Mobile 6+ which basically allows the phone to act as a gateway router, in turn allows you to tether without your cell phone company tracking *how much* AND *having the ability to see that you tether*. Whops. Basically it just forwards packets it gets to the internet and relays them back. Am I allowed to say that?
People, if you purchase an unlimited package, you have unlimited use to the service UNLESS its spelled out when you are ordering the service. Like AT&T's DSL service, they put "Up to Xmbps" (now they are putting ranges) but they don't put "You will get 6mbps with this package!". Stuffing a 5GB limit in the TOS does not entitle providers to put a limit on it. And if all people want to do is whine and moan and not take action, guess what? Enjoy your 5GB limits  .
I'm not saying start an uprising, but if you get enough people to contact their congressmen (not by email or snail mail, but by phone) they will listen. |
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EPS
join:2008-02-13
Hingham, MA | Verizon HAS been sued for using Unlimited in their advertising. That's why they don't anymore. (If they do, call someone up) |
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k1ll3rdr4g0n
join:2005-03-19
Homer Glen, IL
| said by EPS :Verizon HAS been sued for using Unlimited in their advertising. That's why they don't anymore. (If they do, call someone up) I just looked up PDA plans:
quote:
Unlimited Data Usage
Monthly Allowance Monthly Access Per-Minute
$49.99 $0.25 Unlimited Data Usage within NationalAccess or BroadbandAccess service area
View All
Thats a new one. Per minute use of PDA internet.
But yeah their "wireless broadband access" is only 5GB or 50MB now. What a joke. But yeah I'm pretty sure most other providers still offer an unlimited package for that. |
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TCub
Premium
join:2008-09-03
Olmsted Falls, OH
clubs:
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| reply to k1ll3rdr4g0n
When the iPhone 3G first came out there was an app in the apps store that was free that allowed you to tether your iphone! Though AT&T cought wind of it and told Apple to remove it from the app store...Im sure if you wanted to you could jailbreak your iphone and still do it but it was once possible, and recently too. |
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k1ll3rdr4g0n
join:2005-03-19
Homer Glen, IL
| said by TCub :When the iPhone 3G first came out there was an app in the apps store that was free that allowed you to tether your iphone! Though AT&T cought wind of it and told Apple to remove it from the app store...Im sure if you wanted to you could jailbreak your iphone and still do it but it was once possible, and recently too. I never said it wasn't possible, its just against their TOS to tether without a "proper plan". And although it is harder to detect on Windows Mobile phones (almost next to impossible, unless you were to do something like deep packet inspection...which I'm sure if it comes to that all they have to do is look at your 100GB use for that month and figure it out pretty quickly), I'm sure there is something buried deep in the iphone OS to where they can distinguish a tether packet vs an iphone packet. Just speculation and NO proof whatsoever, but it would make sense if in the deal making process AT&T and Apple came up with some sort of agreement to put in something in the OS to make sure they can track if someone tethers. And if they didn't they would be very stupid, so tether on!
Again, tether is the second biggest scam via the telecom providers. "Pay $30-60/month and you can get unlimited tethering that we can't track!" |
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