Tethering

[lEquin0xl]

This is a question concerning Virgin Mobile itself. Is there a penalty for tethering your phone to get yourself internet on your PC? Either by USB tethering or Wifi Hotspot tethering. Not trying to get my service terminated.

 

[OverByter]

As with just about every carrier, Virgin's tos state that unauthorized tethering may result in the termination of your service. That being said, according to many posts made here they do seem to be much less aggressive than many other carriers but ymmv.

 

[dwappo7851]

Basically, (for most of the users) if you aren't tethering like downloading gigs and gigs of data, they shouldn't bother you. But like he said, it's their tos and they can do what they want. I only use it for emergencies (like a blackout).

 

[koopakid08]

If you stay below an acceptable level is fine.

If you are really worried you could add tethering to your plan.

 

[lEquin0xl]

Ok sounds good, thanks for the info.

 

[ragnarkar]

Basically, (for most of the users) if you aren't tethering like downloading gigs and gigs of data, they shouldn't bother you. But like he said, it's their tos and they can do what they want. I only use it for emergencies (like a blackout).

Ditto here.. I used the tethering for a few days when my DSL was down (forced to switch to ATT Uverse)..

Even if VM didn't care how much I used, I'd probably be miserable using the 4G as my primary means of internet connectivity vs. the DSL @ 12 Mbps.