CELL PHONE INTERNET ACCESS
CELL PHONE INTERNET ACCESS This is designed to explain the basic approach to using your cell phone with your computer to connect to the internet. It is not intended to be an in depth coverage of t...
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golden4077 wrote:
Hacking your phone in order to get free tethering is breaking the terms and conditions of your contract. It is like unscrambling your cable in order to get free HBO. I just wanted to clarify this for folks. If caught, the carrier may back bill you or kick you off their network.
Tethering is a great feature and i encourage people to consider it as a viable option for internet access. However, carriers expect people to pay for the service. Just because there are ways to steal the service, does not make it right.
While it violates the terms, the terms are not legally binding and not enforceable in court. Basically, the terms infringe on your rights that go beyond what is legally allowed. In a court ruling against Apple this was made clear. Apple was suing the company that made the Jail Breaking software for the iPhone. The judge ruled that once purchased, the phones become the legal property of the customer and Apple no longer has any rights to what software runs on the phone.
That said, if you hack your phone to enable tethering that does not infringe on another type of service, you "may" be in violation of the terms. But those terms may not be legally binding regardless of the agreement. Just because it says so doesn't make it legal. And there is legal precedence that says otherwise.
Using services through that tethering, different story. Depends on what service you use with it.
