[mrblader]

swwwwweeeeeeeeeeeet! thanks ixbilalxi

[mattolson]

AT&T can do nothing but cancel your service if you are caught tethering. You pay for unlimited data, this is one of the easiest ways to get out of an At&T contract, you just tether and use tons of data.

[poetic_folly]

@mattolson - very wrong. You pay for unlimited MOBILE data. Your terms of contract explicitly state you are NOT allowed to use this for actual browsing, meaning YOU, not AT&T, would be in breach of contract If you abused it.

[Brandnew70x7]

I'm gonna be moving to Ann Arbor in the summer and the apartment doesn't have internet. Is there any extra fees for tethering on AT&T or is it like Sprint? (My cousin has a blackberry on sprint and tethering is included)

[FoneWeasel]

How long til AT&T puts a stop to this by dropping contracts and charging early termination fees due to people abusing this by running **** like BitTorrent over it? Pretty quickly I'm guessing. They can easily see that it's not traffic from the iPhone Safari, Mail, or AppStore stuff. Should be interesting to see the shitstorm.

Originally Posted by mattolson

AT&T can do nothing but cancel your service if you are caught tethering. You pay for unlimited data, this is one of the easiest ways to get out of an At&T contract, you just tether and use tons of data.

Guess you didn't read the contract that carefully.

[tobypu]

The terms of service says that there is a 5GB cap on "Unlimited" data plans. So much for "Unlimited"

[FoneWeasel]

Originally Posted by tobypu

The terms of service says that there is a 5GB cap on "Unlimited" data plans. So much for "Unlimited"

And they even go beyond that. Just like your ISP they can cut you off at any point they consider excessive and there's no set definition of excessive.

[Goronok]

Originally Posted by hozay09

Yes they can & no you won't get crazy bills. More then likely they will disconnect your service after warning (sometimes they don't warn). I've seen WM users get caught using tethering w/out a proper tethering plan & they get caught in a matter of a month or two.

AT&T can track and warn/fine users who abuse standard tethering methods. AT&T doesnt however have the ability to track tethering with this method. (socks proxy) The only way they would do anything regarding this method of tethering, is if you go way overboard with your data useage.

[FoneWeasel]

Originally Posted by Goronok

AT&T can track and warn/fine users who abuse standard tethering methods. AT&T doesnt however have the ability to track tethering with this method. (socks proxy) The only way they would do anything regarding this method of tethering, is if you go way overboard with your data useage.

Wrong. They can tell the difference between the tethered data via this method and other data.

[tyfly867]

how would ATT know if the data be transmitted is going to a computer if it relays through the iphone first.

Doesn't Unlimited data mean unlimited data anyways?

disregard i didnt read the other posts.

[T4R06]

i finally manage to work
lol faster than my connection here at the hotel

[hbelkins]

I have been tethering a Cingular/AT&T Motorola phone with the $20/month unlimited MEdiaNet plan for years now to my iBook (and even tried it once or twice with a PC). I signed on to that plan before it said tethering was verboten. I use it for browsing, e-mail (Eudora) and Yahoo/AOL messenging and especially streaming audio (I live and work in radio hell and can't pick up my favorite talk shows over the air where I live and work) but not for heavy downloads. The only problem is that this ties up my cell phone and if I make a call of any length, I get disconnected from the network, and most voice calls I get roll straight to voice mail. I bought my iPhone (1st gen) primarily for data usage and if something simpler could be done to allow it to tether, I'd be in hog heaven. All I had to do with the Motorola phone was search for and download a modem script and know what entries to put in the phone number, username and password fields in the dialup settings. My kingdom for someone who can come up with a complete solution for the EDGE iPhone that doesn't require a lot of configuring individual apps like Safari, Firefox, Eudora and Yahoo Messenger.

[pingwhen]

Tethering is fun and all but the phone dies faster than it charges over 3g that's lame

[T4R06]

the iphone 3G dont have any problems on incoming calls while downloading stuff. the only thing i have an issue is i cant connect on yahoo messenger. by the way im using MAC

[pingwhen]

but really how can they tell???