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[–] EChondo 12 points 24 points (+36|-12) ago 

Yeah sorry everyone else, gonna side with T-Mobile here. T-Mobile is going after people who are abusing their mobile plans by going around the 7GB tethering limit. I'm on T-Mobile and go over 21GB on my phone regularly, nothing has happened to me nor has anyone contacted me.

You have unlimited mobile data, but you don't have unlimited tethering data. If they allowed unlimited tethering then what's the point in having home Internet when you can just tether your network to your phone? There's limits and restrictions for a reason.

Also it's not like T-Mobile has ever hidden this, it says there is a limit on tethering and that unlimited is only on smartphone's when you look at their plans: http://i.imgur.com/Z08Tocx.jpg

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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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[–] 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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[–] 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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[–] 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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[–] 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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[–] 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.