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Re: Tethering charges are BS said by k1ll3rdr4g0n:I see we need a little networking 101. ......
Snip the rest of the garbage lecture.
You need a little reading comprehension 101. I said AT&T knows how much data you use if you tether. That is not the same thing as saying they know how much of it is from tethering and how much is from non-tethered use of the phone.
Bottom line, if you tether, the data is not mysteriously hidden from them, as you imply. If they want to know if, or suspect you are tethering, they can deduce that by examining the data stream. Data to and from tethered devices will not have the same characteristics as data solely to and from the phone. Whether they actually make that effort will be driven by internal policy questions/decisions that turn on law, public relations, and cost benefit ratios.
In other words, corporate self interest will dictate if they really care if someone is tethering surreptitiously or not. | |
| said by ruraltn:said by k1ll3rdr4g0n:I see we need a little networking 101. ...... Snip the rest of the garbage lecture. You need a little reading comprehension 101. I said AT&T knows how much data you use if you tether. That is not the same thing as saying they know how much of it is from tethering and how much is from non-tethered use of the phone. -snip- This sentence is wrong no matter how you phrase it. If you read my post (which seems like you didn't) you would understand that AT&T has NO IDEA HOW MUCH DATA YOU TETHER if you use a system like ICS. To AT&T on their counters its just data from the phone, so if you used ICS and purchased a tethering plan your montly usage would always show 0, period. Since, there is no way for AT&T to know if the data from your phone was requested from a PC or your mobile (well any evidence that can be upheld in court that is). | |
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