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OverByter said:
All carriers can easily tell if you're tethering not by looking at any sudden data "spikes" but by simply monitoring your connection and seeing what user agent strings are being broadcast by your web browser.
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That's one possible way of discovering such things, yes. However many browsers, such as Boat, allow you to edit your user agent, so I doubt that would be a primary deciding factor.
 
Xerpocalypse said:
That's one possible way of discovering such things, yes. However many browsers, such as Boat, allow you to edit your user agent, so I doubt that would be a primary deciding factor.
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But most people who are even attempting to tether with VM's crappy 3G aren't aware of such things. Firefox lets you do it also and I'm sure Opera has the capability as well. I just don't think that many "hardcore" comp users would even bother with it. For us there are better ways of gaining free internet services. ;)
 
marc12868 said:
If you are talking about Straight Talk there terms are even stricter... just saying ;). And I don't think there is anyone else who has unlimited everything for $45 or less... T-mo has unlimited everything for $50 though.
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Boost Mobile. They'll provide $40 unlimited everything once you've reached your maximum shrinkage status.
 
septembersrain said:
Boost Mobile. They'll provide $40 unlimited everything once you've reached your maximum shrinkage status.
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but don't you have to be with them for 2 years to reach max shrink status? I haven't been with them so I don't know, but I thought your bill went down like $5 for every 6 months you are with them...
 
Tokens210 said:
and as for tethering, i dont like anyway there handling it, jumping on the band wagon with all other companies, i got the unlimited plan for a reason, just so if i needed a wifi hotspot for a lil bit, altho it would be slower, i could use my phone, and i pay for unlimited everything so id have nothing to worry about, but there like nah, we dont got enough money yet and some people may have been abusing it so its an extra $15 a month lol, get outta here with that
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But you paid for unlimited data using the phone itself, tethering to another device has always been verboten and was not included in your plan. Honesty deems you either don't tether or if you do pay them $15 a month.
 
batvette said:
But you paid for unlimited data using the phone itself, tethering to another device has always been verboten and was not included in your plan. Honesty deems you either don't tether or if you do pay them $15 a month.
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Exactly, you are paying your "phone" provider for unlimited data, if you really need to tether then pay the $15 for crappy 3G speeds for everyone or do the right thing and hook up a router with your isp.
 
marc12868 said:
but don't you have to be with them for 2 years to reach max shrink status? I haven't been with them so I don't know, but I thought your bill went down like $5 for every 6 months you are with them...
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18 months, A year and a half. The good thing is that once you get there, You stay there. Even if you miss payments. The $40 is the lowest you can go on an android plan. $35 on a regular phone with internet. $30 for the new BBM unlimited and Talk and Text plan. $45 for the BB plan with full data access.

That's not bad considering most of the competition only provides certain plans or certain pricing with no bill reductions at all.
 
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