Tethering with DM on BES

[Devedander]

I have the tether app but was thinking of trying the DM tether as that wouldn't be routed thorugh Florida and I figure might be faster.

I am on a BES and as far as I know we have unlimited data. Before I try this, I was wondering if AT&T may try to slap an extra fee on for tethering or if having a BES in some way means they won't do this?

Thanks

[NetworkGuy]

If they catch you, you will be billed. That is unless you have tethering on your plan.

[Devedander]

Well that kind of sucks... and chances they catch you? I seem to hear a lot of people say it's kind of something they turn a blind eye too...

BTW do you know if there are benefits to DM teathering vs tether app as I suspect?

[NetworkGuy]

My company actually pays for tethering, so most of my experience is with the ACM program AT&T makes you go through.

That said, I did dabble with DM tethering before I have it actually put on my plan. I really didn't see any differences, except it was a bit more hokey to get everything working right.

The providers won't turn a blind eye if you start using a lot of bandwidth. Not sure what "a lot" is though.

Most if not everyone who buys tether, do so to bypass having to pay for tethering. I have seen from time to time people get caught (nothing lately however) and have to pay a huge bill.

I'm not a fan of the tether app for reasons I'm not going to go into here and start a flame discussion. However, if it works for you, continue to use it as it is harder for the providers to sense that traffic compared to tethering using DM.