well kiss free trthering goodbye with t-mo

[xxxmrbluntsxxx]

They have just starting blocking tethering on all plans if not payed for..

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[Motorcycle Mama]

Um ... that happened months ago.

[EdS817]

I used it quite a bit this past weekend and just connected tethered my Playbook.

Now I have what they call a Legacy plan so maybe that is why I can still do it. Not sure but it works.

However I did notice that when I log into myTmobile account they now show the data usage on the fist screen along with minutes and text message used. I don't recall seeing that before but then again I don't go to that site very often. Maybe once a month to pay my bill.

[Artemis68]

T-Mobile introduced a tethering package for 14.99/month. This is nothing new.

If you know how to use user agent (UA) strings with Firefox though, it's fairly easy to get around the block.

[Jaszman]

Originally Posted by Artemis68

T-Mobile introduced a tethering package for 14.99/month. This is nothing new.

If you know how to use user agent (UA) strings with Firefox though, it's fairly easy to get around the block.

While the end of free tethering is nothing new, this is the first I've heard of Tmobile blocking all tethering from all users that do not have a tethering plan.

I've never had a need for tethering my laptop yet, but I've always looked at it as a nice emergency backup for retrieving my general email, or some other limited connection need. Kind of like I haven't used a dial up connection to access the internet in years, but if I needed to I have 100 free dial up connection hrs a month from my high speed cable internet provider.

I really hate to see Tmobile take away something like free limited tethering (used on a very limited basis) from everyone just because some people want to use it as their primary hi speed internet connection for free. That is a paid service that I, and many other people pay a lot of money for every month.

Edit: I should have known that Tmobile customer service would have the answer. If a customer, like me, with very low data use a month, had a need to tether a laptop temporally, I was told I could call TMO customer service, tell them I want the service added and I only need to connect on an emergency basis, and will call to cancel the service tomorrow, I could do that and it would wind up costing me about 50 to 75 cents for that one time use.

I was told this was not to buy one day of use and burn through a huge amount of data, and then cancel it, but to meet the limited emergency needs of a customer it could be done. So I guess I haven't lost anything but 50 cents.