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[–] brandon 2 points 2 points (+4|-2) ago  (edited ago)

It's even better because you can tell the people who did not read the article and are jumping on the "fuck T-Mobile" bandwagon here in the comments. The tethering limit is clearly stated. You can use unlimited data on your phone, 7GB tethered. If you're using an app, ROM, or anything else to bypass that limit, you're breaking the contract and terms of service. They're well within their rights to revoke your access to their network.

Edit : Oh shit, did I hurt fee fees or something? A contract and it's terms are laid out clearly. If you violate those, you can and will be penalized for it. That's how business works everywhere.

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[–] seth_storm 0 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago 

Kind of hard to argue that when they arbitrarily switched people just to kill off grandfathered plans. If not for their interference, I would still be on a tzones plan that didn't give a damn about tethering.

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[–] Sosacms 2 points 4 points (+6|-2) ago 

Hmm, to me this is like the record companies saying customers should buy a CD/mp3 for every device. If you sell it, I'm using it however I like.

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[–] EChondo 4 points -1 points (+3|-4) ago 

Well sorry you see it that way, but if T-Mobile outlines very clearly on how they want you to use the connection you pay for and then you go out of your way to go around T-Mobile's outline then T-Mobile is fully within their right to terminate your service.

I hate that tethering has a limit as well, but the amount of crap I've been seeing on other forums like "T-Mobile is the new devil" is just asinine and unwarranted. This isn't something that cropped up over night, it's been this way for months now.

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[–] sniper98g 0 points 6 points (+6|-0) ago 

I have the unlimited 4G, use my phone constantly all day, only connect to wifi if I don't have 4G service, and do everything I want including occasional tethering. I rarely exceed 5GB per month. I could probably go down to a lower plan but it wouldn't save me much money. If people are going over 21GB, they are doing some crazy shit with their phones.

Also worth noting that even with the 21GB cap, I pay $20 per month for 21GB on each of my lines ($40 total) Verizon and AT&T both charge $300 per month for slightly less data than that.

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[–] avaimedia 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

If people are going over 21GB, they are doing some crazy shit with their phones.

Streaming video is not considered "crazy shit."

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[–] Tb0n3 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

Use my phone constantly all day

mfw I've got over 50GB this month on Sprint.

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[–] sniper98g ago 

What are you doing with your phone to use so much data?

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[–] Podunk 0 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago 

I have unlimited on Verizon and I use at least 30 hours a month of streaming video. I watch/listen to various shows and baseball games everyday at work. Depending on the stream quality it can run at 2Gb per hour. What the fuck good is a smart phone with only 5 gigs of data? If all you use is WiFi then why not just have a flip phone and a tablet and save yourself thousands per year? If it's because a tablet is too big then just buy a used smartphone and take out the sim card.

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[–] TheRealTruth [S] 4 points 22 points (+26|-4) ago 

If they allowed unlimited tethering then what's the point in having home Internet when you can just tether your network to your phone?

Good point, we shouldn't be paying for both.

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[–] ShowMeYourKitties 0 points 14 points (+14|-0) ago 

Yeah, if Tmobile offered unlimited tethering as an addon to my mobile plan I'd gladly pay the difference and get rid of comcast.

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[–] avaimedia ago 

My mobile data connection is also far more reliable than Comcast/Charter/CenturyLink in my area. I'd absolutely drop my "residential service" for larger tethering limits!