“The Boy Genius Report” confirmed that AT&T will be revoking its unlimited data plan for those who use applications on “jailbroken” iPhones that can be tethered to other devices, and “Read Write Web” reported that Verizon has already begun the enforcement policies for Droid and other smartphones.
Generally speaking, those who tether their phones consume considerably more data services than other users, and carriers have realized that there is more revenue to be made by selling tethering as an extra service in addition to a data plan.
Free Press, an advocacy group, filed a complaint to the Federal Communications Commission in June to prohibit Verizon from banning 4G tethering.
According to Amy Gahran of CNN, although tethering was once reserved for only those knowledgeable and dedicated enough to maximize their mobile devices’ potential, it has become a fairly common practice. Connecting a phone to a laptop offers more privacy and security than connection to a public Wi-Fi network, or it may be the only option to get online if Wi-Fi is unavailable, she said.
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