whiskey tango foxtrot are you thinking t-Mobile : 14.99$ tether plans......

[syb0rg]

T-Mobile to debut tethering plan on November 3rd, $14.99 « Boy Genius Report

Listen up T-Mobile tetherers, we’ve just been sent in some intel that indicates America’s fourth largest carrier will begin to offer/charge for tethering on November 3rd. The Tethering and Wi-Fi Sharing Add-On, which will have a monthly cost of $14.99, will allow customers to use their smartphones as a tethered modem or Wi-Fi hotspot. Starting on 11/3, in order to legally share your device’s internet connection on T-Mobile, you’ll need: a 3G or HSPA+ capable device, an unlimited web plan of $19.95 or higher, and the $14.99 tethering add-on. The offering will be available to both postpaid and Flex Pay customers who meet the above requirements. Hit the jump to check out the full memo and let us know what you think.

Makes Big Red look better everyday .....

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[BlackBerry Brian]

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[syb0rg]

Originally Posted by BlackBerry Brian

http://forums.crackberry.com/f69/fre...g-over-543067/

thanks. i requested a merger.

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[G.myrthil]

Good Morning....... great news. I mean GREAT NEWS for all you tmobile customers, I just read that the T-Mobile MYTOUCH will be release on november 3rd. I can not wait to check it out. from what ive heard it has a 1ghz processor and a front facing camera. SWEET

[wnm]

Nice how they are charging for a service that was previously free.

[Artemis68]

Yes the mytouch HD is releasing the same day as these fees.

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[Karmaloop]

Originally Posted by Artemis68

Yes the mytouch HD is releasing the same day as these fees.

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Damn Android's to h3ll!!

[Artemis68]

hahaha...actually a lot of things are releasing on Nov 3rd (so I heard)

-myTouch HD
-new data plans (the 200MB one, unlimited will be the same)
-new tether plan
-LG Optimus (mid-range Android phone)

[NorrisCell]

Originally Posted by wnm

Nice how they are charging for a service that was previously free.

Tethering was never included on the Android plans. Unfortunately, TMO is charging because all the others are. A large portion of the wireless pricing structure is imitation.

[Artemis68]

Yeah it's sort of sad.

Call me naive but other carriers had offered tethering at a steep price for a LONG time now (years) and T-Mobile never even mentioned charging for it, so I thought it would never happen. I know some WinMo phones were sent with instructions on how to set up tethering.

[Mrdaviso]

I resigned and was blocked in three days.. went from mt3g to mt4g and I have been tethering for years I was a lil upset to say the least.

I have spoofed UA on both Firefox 3.6.3 and IE8 and here I am!! This is the UA String for MyTouch 4g, they won't block "my phone" You can get your string off your phone by visiting www enhanceie.com/ua.aspx good luck!


Mozilla/5.0 (Linux; U; Android 2.2.1; en-us; myTouch4G Build/ FRG83) AppleWebKit/533.1 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/4.0 Mobile Safari/533.1

[NorrisCell]

Originally Posted by Artemis68

Yeah it's sort of sad.

Call me naive but other carriers had offered tethering at a steep price for a LONG time now (years) and T-Mobile never even mentioned charging for it, so I thought it would never happen. I know some WinMo phones were sent with instructions on how to set up tethering.

I agree. The wireless industry, among other industries, feed off of one another. If a carrier finds a new source of revenue and doesn't lose half of their customer base implementing it, others will adopt it. Fees are commonplace in many industries because it's a way to trick people who shop on cost alone. If the majority of consumers seriously considered other factors besides price, I can almost guarantee that the number of add-on fees would be greatly reduced across the board