Hi, I'm with three's "the one plan" that includes unlimited data and tethering. I'm using this as a substitute for my home broadband, I get around 20Mb/s for the first couple of hours I tether, but after a while my speeds are greatly throttled down to around 1.5Mb/s the second I enable tethering. Is there any way I can stop the throttling? It is really furstrating, thanks. I heard that xenonHD rom has a 3g speedhack that can bypass it?
No such thing as they are just throttling you based on the amount of data you've downloaded i'm sure. So after X amount of time they slow you down. Simple as that.
What about mobile providers that don't let you torrent at all, is there any way to work around that? Because as soon as you try and download a torrent it just sits and and doesn't do anything.
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shotta35 said:
No such thing as they are just throttling you based on the amount of data you've downloaded i'm sure. So after X amount of time they slow you down. Simple as that.
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That can't be the case though; if I restart my phone or toggle aeroplane mode then my speeds got back up to 20Mb/s and remain at that until I enable tethering again, then my speed drops again.
zobi123 said:
What about mobile providers that don't let you torrent at all, is there any way to work around that? Because as soon as you try and download a torrent it just sits and and doesn't do anything.
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VPN...
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That can't be the case though; if I restart my phone or toggle aeroplane mode then my speeds got back up to 20Mb/s and remain at that until I enable tethering again, then my speed drops again.
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Because the provider limits your tethering speed exactly for that reason, your trying to replace something like cable Internet with mobile data which would never work.
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zobi123 said:
Because the provider limits your tethering speed exactly for that reason, your trying to replace something like cable Internet with mobile data which would never work.
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I don't think they do limit tethering speeds, because I can get a solid 20Mb/s on tethering for the first few hours, then it gets throttled.
Get a home connection then the problem solved.
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Hi, I'm with three's "the one plan" that includes unlimited data and tethering. I'm using this as a substitute for my home broadband, I get around 20Mb/s for the first couple of hours I tether, but after a while my speeds are greatly throttled down to around 1.5Mb/s the second I enable tethering. Is there any way I can stop the throttling? It is really furstrating, thanks. I heard that xenonHD rom has a 3g speedhack that can bypass it?
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Sprint does not throttle you, i download like 100 gigabytes every month and never complain
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Hi, I'm with three's "the one plan" that includes unlimited data and tethering. I'm using this as a substitute for my home broadband, I get around 20Mb/s for the first couple of hours I tether, but after a while my speeds are greatly throttled down to around 1.5Mb/s the second I enable tethering. Is there any way I can stop the throttling? It is really furstrating, thanks. I heard that xenonHD rom has a 3g speedhack that can bypass it?
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And there's your problem. Mobile Internet is meant to supplement your broadband connection, not replace it. Just imagine what would happen if everybody ditched their home cable Internet connection and relied on their cellular service provider to consume all that data with their desktop/laptop. The networks would be overloaded, no one would be able to download or upload anything. That's why cellular providers have such stringent bandwidth caps on data and especially tethering. They're just not equipped to handle all of that traffic.
I think in Kitkat tethering can be detected by the service provider if used from android tether option. Try using 3rd party apps like easy tether or clockworkmod tether
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I think in Kitkat tethering can be detected by the service provider if used from android tether option. Try using 3rd party apps like easy tether or clockworkmod tether
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Yeah that's what I was thinking, but I couldn't fins any third parry tethering apps that were any good, I'll give them ones you mentioned a try when I get home.
The reason I'm using 3g as my home broadband is because I live in the country side where I'm paying over twice as much for 2Mb/s broadband, when I could get 20Mb/s
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Hi, I'm with three's "the one plan" that includes unlimited data and tethering. I'm using this as a substitute for my home broadband, I get around 20Mb/s for the first couple of hours I tether, but after a while my speeds are greatly throttled down to around 1.5Mb/s the second I enable tethering. Is there any way I can stop the throttling? It is really furstrating, thanks. I heard that xenonHD rom has a 3g speedhack that can bypass it?
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Not sure, but this thread appears to be pertinent.
Three's T&C's don't mention anything unless you get near 1000GB a month...
http://www.three.co.uk/Privacy_Cookies/Terms_Conditions?site=d&content_aid=1220469566802
I'd speak to them and ask them what's going on
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Three's T&C's don't mention anything unless you get near 1000GB a month...
http://www.three.co.uk/Privacy_Cookies/Terms_Conditions?site=d&content_aid=1220469566802
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I contacted them a couple of days ago and they said their technical department will ring me back but i keep missing their call, I managed to catch them at lunch today and told them to call me back around 5pm, i'll see what they say.
http://support.three.co.uk/SRVS/CGI-BIN/WEBISAPI.DLL?Command=New,Kb=Mobile,Ts=Mobile,T=Article,varset_cat=signal,varset_subcat=3804,Case=obj(4046)
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http://support.three.co.uk/SRVS/CGI-BIN/WEBISAPI.DLL?Command=New,Kb=Mobile,Ts=Mobile,T=Article,varset_cat=signal,varset_subcat=3804,Case=obj(4046)
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I spoke to three technical support on the phone and he said I'm not being throttled and there is no fault with the network he also said that "three do not throttle the speed of any users". So I don't know what the issue is, I'm running cataclysm ROM and elemental x kernel, do you think this has anything to do with it?
Stock has the throttle thing in data usage.
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Stock has the throttle thing in data usage.
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Do you mean the "set mobile data limit"? If so i've always had that turned off. If you didn't mean that please could you elaborate?
I flashed my nexus back to stock image a couple of days ago but this hasn't fixed anything, still pulling my hair out here!
Yeah, the "set mobile data limit".
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Hey guys, before I go searching this forum and possibly others I wanted to see of you guys can answer my questions. So far all the tethering apps in the marketplace you either have to pay for or don't do it right, I'm basically looking for a tethering/hot spot app to use this phone with my ipad 2,i had the hd2 before this phone and had the xda wifi sharing app which worked perfectly and basically turned my phone into a wifi source for my ipad. So if you guys can help me out with a free solution that would be great.
Um yeah, goto settings> wireless and network> Mobile Ap. It is part of the phone already. Or are you looking for something else?
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Um yeah, goto settings> wireless and network> Mobile Ap. It is part of the phone already. Or are you looking for something else?
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Thanks, I was a little nervous cause I read that they charge you for tethering so I didn't want to touch anything, is it true that tethering is an extra charge or do they just charge you extra if you go over your data cap cause if that's the case then I don't have nothing to worry about cause I have 4lines with unlimited Internet.
heres an app thats way better then the tmobilr installed wifi hotspot. you must have root access
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Thanks, I was a little nervous cause I read that they charge you for tethering so I didn't want to touch anything, is it true that tethering is an extra charge or do they just charge you extra if you go over your data cap cause if that's the case then I don't have nothing to worry about cause I have 4lines with unlimited Internet.
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No they do not charge you for thethering your phone to your laptop.
They however can charge you for going over you data cap.
TMobil has a Seperate service called "Mobile Broadband" that they charge extra for that is designed as a stand alone product for laptops ect. The Mobile Broadband services are not for tethering your phone.
SHAUN231 said:
heres an app thats way better then the tmobilr installed wifi hotspot. you must have root access
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Thanks for the app...
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To my knowledge t-mobile charges 15/mo for wireless mobile hotspot/tethering pack
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To my knowledge t-mobile charges 15/mo for wireless mobile hotspot/tethering pack
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T-Mobile doesnt charge for tethering. However they will throttle you if you go over your 5GB cap. I been using the stock tethering on my MT4G, Vibrant and Galaxy S and have never been charged for tethering.
I've got a troubleshooting question. I'm trying to tether my Galaxy S 4G phone to my laptop and for some reason it didn't install properly. I'm trying to fix it but the troubleshooting options in Windows is looking in their software update servers thinking it's there. Isn't the tethering device/driver in the phone?
You can tether up to 2 devices free, you can add 3 more for a total of 5 for 14.99/month. For somebody like me who has truly unlimited data and doesnt get throttled down, it works great.
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You can tether up to 2 devices free, you can add 3 more for a total of 5 for 14.99/month. For somebody like me who has truly unlimited data and doesnt get throttled down, it works great.
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I've been confused about the tethering details; yet, when I signed up for service last month, I was told that I needed that plan. With your constraints, though, I thought that I might be paying unnecessarily for the tethering. I only have a single device connected to my phone -- a cradlepoint router. I only have one computer in my home. The router is for the purpose of connecting my printers into my intranet (which need not be on the internet)...
So, I called T-Mobile and was told that if ANY device other than the phone connects to the internet using the phone's features (as a modem-type device), then I am required to purchase the tethering option (which I do).
What sucks, though, is that I go over the 5GB threshhold... and while TMO can provide webConnect devices with up to a 10GB thresshold, we must change our device (Android device for a ZTE USB device) in order to get it.
BTW, the "unlimited" data plan does not mean "unlimited speed" data plan... yes, you can have "unlimited data"... but, after 5GB, you get throttled down... very slow!
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I've been confused about the tethering details; yet, when I signed up for service last month, I was told that I needed that plan. With your constraints, though, I thought that I might be paying unnecessarily for the tethering. I only have a single device connected to my phone -- a cradlepoint router. I only have one computer in my home. The router is for the purpose of connecting my printers into my intranet (which need not be on the internet)...
So, I called T-Mobile and was told that if ANY device other than the phone connects to the internet using the phone's features (as a modem-type device), then I am required to purchase the tethering option (which I do).
What sucks, though, is that I go over the 5GB threshhold... and while TMO can provide webConnect devices with up to a 10GB thresshold, we must change our device (Android device for a ZTE USB device) in order to get it.
BTW, the "unlimited" data plan does not mean "unlimited speed" data plan... yes, you can have "unlimited data"... but, after 5GB, you get throttled down... very slow!
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So your saying that since I use my xbox 360 on live through my mobile AP on my phone that I will incur more charges?
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So your saying that since I use my xbox 360 on live through my mobile AP on my phone that I will incur more charges?...
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No, I am not saying that you will incur more charges... only saying that, if T-Mobile had their wishes, you would (according to their contracts and licenses) pay the additional $14.99 per month for tethering. As the rep told me, repeatedly, anytime you use "air" time with any device OTHER than the phone itself, you are required to pay the tether fees.
In my case, I pay those fees... (I did from the moment of the contract)... yet, once I have reached 5GB threshhold, I receive a text message advising me that -- since I have reached the 5GB threshhold -- my data connection (while being unlimited in number of GB) will be throttled until the end of my billing cycle.
So, unlimited data? Yes. Unlimited data at max speed? Absolutely not!
I am considering my options...
Taken during the peak hours in NYC: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVC10FMD8kg&hd=1
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Taken during the peak hours in NYC: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVC10FMD8kg&hd=1
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Those are FANTASTIC results, I'm not getting anything close to that on the 4G in Ohio
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Taken during the peak hours in NYC: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVC10FMD8kg&hd=1
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Get a license for Windows 7 you bum! LOL
Those are awesome btw. I am on 3g in NC, but I pull 3 mbps all day, it's faster than my home broadband, but still not 40+ mbps.
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Get a license for Windows 7 you bum! LOL
Those are awesome btw. I am on 3g in NC, but I pull 3 mbps all day, it's faster than my home broadband, but still not 40+ mbps.
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Lol it was suppose to be Enterprise edition without a license needed
holy crap, i want to hook that up to my xbox
God I hope I get those speeds when 4G comes to Sioux falls. Anyone know if Verizon buys there bandwidth from local providers. I can only hope because midcontinent has some huge pipes!
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I've taken a few videos during off peak hours. Hitting over 52mbps and about 6MB/s sustained when downloading a well seeded private torrent. Will post them in the same channel soon.
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God I hope I get those speeds when 4G comes to Sioux falls. Anyone know if Verizon buys there bandwidth from local providers. I can only hope because midcontinent has some huge pipes!
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I'm in Rapid City, West River, we don't get LTE till next year, but MidCo is pretty awesome.
spac3m0nk3y said:
I'm in Rapid City, West River, we don't get LTE till next year, but MidCo is pretty awesome.
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how did you come to find out when you were getting 4G
Sioux city here, been told expect between August and December.
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in Houston... and i also get 40+ down and 5+ up
the speed is great!
Just read the Sprint's complaint thats basically trying to negate LTE's speed supremacy at the moment. It's kind of sad and delusional.
http://www.bgr.com/2011/04/04/sprin...eed-tests-pitting-verizons-lte-against-wimax/
Is the USB tether free? If so how did you get it working? I've been having trouble.
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Is the USB tether free? If so how did you get it working? I've been having trouble.
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You simply plug in your phone to a Windows box and on your phone choose "Internet Connection Mode".
The service is free, but it's still unclear to me if it will stop being free after may 15th. I know that WiFi hotspot feature will be extra but I'm not sure about the USB tether.
Really i thought the mobile wireless hotspot was the only thing free for a few months? If memory serves me correctly doing what you just did by enabling "Internet Connection Mode"you are gonna get some big charges and I wanna say that feature has a 2gig limit and they will rape you on anything over that. Wanna say it falls under an actual data plan not even a smartphone data plan=giant ripoff.
Please correct me if I am wrong I just wanted to give you a heads up before you get a nasty bill if you are going buck wild tethering it up.
For Smartphones & Feature Phones
Mobile Broadband Connect & 3G Mobile Hotspots
Monthly Access Fee Monthly Data Allowance Per-GB Rate After Allowance
$20 2 GB $20
Only available with $29.99 or higher data package.
Taken from http://www.verizonwireless.com/b2c/mobilebroadband/?page=plans
I am almost certain this is what that falls under or at least used to unless they changed things around.
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Really i thought the mobile wireless hotspot was the only thing free for a few months? If memory serves me correctly doing what you just did by enabling "Internet Connection Mode"you are gonna get some big charges and I wanna say that feature has a 2gig limit and they will rape you on anything over that. Wanna say it falls under an actual data plan not even a smartphone data plan=giant ripoff.
Please correct me if I am wrong I just wanted to give you a heads up before you get a nasty bill if you are going buck wild tethering it up.
For Smartphones & Feature Phones
Mobile Broadband Connect & 3G Mobile Hotspots
Monthly Access Fee Monthly Data Allowance Per-GB Rate After Allowance
$20 2 GB $20
Only available with $29.99 or higher data package.
Taken from http://www.verizonwireless.com/b2c/mobilebroadband/?page=plans
I am almost certain this is what that falls under or at least used to unless they changed things around.
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Can anyone verify this? I'm logging into my vzw daily, and I'm only seeing data used under unlimited data plan... Nothing that indicates out of the ordinary usage charges.
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Can anyone verify this? I'm logging into my vzw daily, and I'm only seeing data used under unlimited data plan... Nothing that indicates out of the ordinary usage charges.
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It doesn't matter, just use PDA net, wifi tether or any of the free alternatives on your unlimited data.
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It doesn't matter, just use PDA net, wifi tether or any of the free alternatives on your unlimited data.
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I was going to use PDA net after may 15th. ICM performs so much better though. I'm really curious to see if they'll try to charge me.
in the notificatiion bar i don't see a network speed, it's neither 4g lte or 3g. what gives???
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in the notificatiion bar i don't see a network speed, it's neither 4g lte or 3g. what gives???
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When you connect your Bolt using USB and chose Internet Connection Mode, your phone's data connection is totally killed and basically transferred to your PC. All you see is a little USB logo top left.
If you are running a Rom will ATT know ,and change your data settings, if you use the mobile hotspot? I thought I read they can't and you can do it on your unlimited plan without them know or changing, but I just wanted to if that's true.
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If you are running a Rom will ATT know ,and change your data settings, if you use the mobile hotspot? I thought I read they can't and you can do it on your unlimited plan without them know or changing, but I just wanted to if that's true.
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They have ways of knowing. For example, a couple of months ago some jailbroken iPhone users started getting letters and text messages from AT&T stating they need to either stop tethering or be forced to get a tethering plan. I haven't heard of the same thing happening with Android users though. Earlier this month Google bowed to pressure from the phone companies and started removing tethering apps from the Market.
Att is most likely checking the natted IP bounce since using hotspots requires extra hop. Have to use proxy to avoid trace.
I was USB tether my phone to my work laptop for internet and have been doing so for many months and never once has ATT said anything. Then again thats USBtether, not wifi
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I was USB tether my phone to my work laptop for internet and have been doing so for many months and never once has ATT said anything. Then again thats USBtether, not wifi
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The issue arises when someone is using tens or hundreds of GB per month, that kind of gives it away. If you only occasionally tether (wifi or hotspot) for basic websurfing, I doubt you're going to raise any red flags.
I know there were a few moments when I really needed internet on my laptop and decided to tether because I could... even thigh I was scared to do it, I did it anyways and I have yet to get any charges... so yeah just keep your usage while tethering low...
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The issue arises when someone is using tens or hundreds of GB per month, that kind of gives it away. If you only occasionally tether (wifi or hotspot) for basic websurfing, I doubt you're going to raise any red flags.
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^this
i've consistently gone over 5gigs since i've had my unlimited data plan (nothing outrageous usually under 10gigs) and i wifi tether all the time. i read in another thread this exact thing... they can't really tell unless you all of a sudden jump your usage... for that reason i make sure i stay above the old 5 gig limit.
Coming from the epic 4g touch where there was hotspot hacks all over. Is there no hack for the skyrocket? With lte up I'd expect a lot of people would be working on it. With 50 megs down it would be epic
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Root your phone and install a custom ROM. Most ROMS for the SR have the hotspot hack preinstalled.
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Root your phone and install a custom ROM. Most ROMS for the SR have the hotspot hack preinstalled.
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I'm rooted with stock rom right now, I read through the roms and I didnt see hotspot listed on any of them. I guess I'll read again.
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Coming from the epic 4g touch where there was hotspot hacks all over. Is there no hack for the skyrocket? With lte up I'd expect a lot of people would be working on it. With 50 megs down it would be epic
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Read the freeze list and it will be blatantly obvious.
Use titanium back up app to freeze tethering manager and you can use the hot spot feature
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Use titanium back up app to freeze tethering manager and you can use the hot spot feature
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^^this
And then download widget to one-click turn on hot-spot.
Because it takes like 4 clicks/menus to turn it on normally.
By enabling the above hotspot how does/can AT&T verify I'm tethering? I'm on the unlimited (throttled) plan and really don't want to be switched.
Freezing the manager and using the widget worked perfectly. Thanks guys. With 40 MB
down I have to make use of this speed somehow
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By enabling the above hotspot how does/can AT&T verify I'm tethering? I'm on the unlimited (throttled) plan and really don't want to be switched.
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Yes, they can, I got the nasty gram recently (actually the second one).
I was honest and told them I was tethering a laptop, I suspect that honesty is what got them to put me back on my unlimited.
We are not exactly sure how they are detecting tethering, there are a number of ways (using the TTL for example, it decreases as it passes each network device on the path to the destination, ATT expect a certain TTL value when it comes from a phone, when it comes from a tethered device, that value will be 1 less). Other methods involved deep packet inspection, where you can identify that network address translation is taking place.
Also, apparently the iphone tags tethered packets or something.
To get around this, run openvpn (you will need a vpn server somewhere as well), and tunnel all your traffic through teh VPN server... The only thing ATT will ever see is an encrypted tunnel between your phone and the vpn server and nothing else.
There is alot more to it, but it works.
I have not gotten one of these letters/texts/email and I teather ALL the time and stream
but i have NEVER been over 3gigs of data on my 2 gig plan. so its not just simply TETHERING......i think they are looking for data usage.
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I have not gotten one of these letters/texts/email and I teather ALL the time and stream
but i have NEVER been over 3gigs of data on my 2 gig plan. so its not just simply TETHERING......i think they are looking for data usage.
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Your on a tiered plan, they would encourage you using data, because then they get money from you.
They watch unlimited data users like a hawk, but that's why I use a VPN to encrypt my data, have fun figuring out what I'm doing.
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Your on a tiered plan, they would encourage you using data, because then they get money from you.
They watch unlimited data users like a hawk, but that's why I use a VPN to encrypt my data, have fun figuring out what I'm doing.
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can you tell how u use vpn?
If I use this rom HyperNonSense-v2.4 is tethering free or will I have to pay for it.
It should be free up to a point. Now what tat point is is really up to your carrier. If you are T-Mobile USA it will be free as long as you do not surpass the 2 GIG or 5 GIG soft cap you have depending on your data plan. But if you go over the soft cap the will try to make you pay extra for tethering. Now as far as other carriers go I can not give you any info on them as I am not familiar with any other carrier's policy.
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It should be free up to a point. Now what tat point is is really up to your carrier. If you are T-Mobile USA it will be free as long as you do not surpass the 2 GIG or 5 GIG soft cap you have depending on your data plan. But if you go over the soft cap the will try to make you pay extra for tethering. Now as far as other carriers go I can not give you any info on them as I am not familiar with any other carrier's policy.
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Well I have T-Mobile USA and I figured if I went over 2 gb they would just slow my internet down instead of charge me.
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Well I have T-Mobile USA and I figured if I went over 2 gb they would just slow my internet down instead of charge me.
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Yes the will throttle/ slow your internet down bit if you do it more then onscreen they will probably monitor your device and see you are tethering and then notify you that you should purchase the tethering service (which just gives you more data). Now after this notification they will probably continue to monitor your de ice and after you continue to tether they will probably hit you with a tethering fee.
But do not worry too much as I used my HD2 for months as my home internet connection and barely e Dr got close to using 2 GIGs of data. Then again though I do not have 3g or 4g service at my home either so it would have been hard for me to use so much data tethering. So my best advice is to heavily monitor your data usage and not go over. Also if you get a notification via text message or other means from T-Mobile about tethering I would hold off on tethering for a little while.
Ok thanks for the advice. How do they actually know your tethering?
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Ok thanks for the advice. How do they actually know your tethering?
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I think they monitor the IP addresses or some how monitor your device for other devices connected to it or something. I read about it like a your or more back and can not really remember.
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I think they monitor the IP addresses or some how monitor your device for other devices connected to it or something. I read about it like a your or more back and can not really remember.
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dang sneaky son of a guns lol alright thanks for your help.
yeah this happened to me last august. I started doing alot of tethering, i quickly went over my 5gb and was throttled down to a crawl. The next billing cycle i was tethering again and even before i got to my 5gb limit, any website that i tried to goto would be redirected to a tmobile site telling me i have to sign up for a tethering plan to continue to tether.
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yeah this happened to me last august. I started doing alot of tethering, i quickly went over my 5gb and was throttled down to a crawl. The next billing cycle i was tethering again and even before i got to my 5gb limit, any website that i tried to goto would be redirected to a tmobile site telling me i have to sign up for a tethering plan to continue to tether.
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So, did u sign up or have a work around?
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So, did u sign up or have a work around?
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no never needed to get a work around bc i signed back up for home internet a couple weeks later...they were charging $15/month for their tethering plan which i think is real good considering the price of home cable internet. Of course this tethering plan would only be good for basic web browsing