Using a cell phone as a wifi router
I just discovered that you can pay a monthly fee and some of the newer cell phones will act as a wifi receiver/router. As long as you have cell phone coverage you can get internet. Does anyone do th...
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Keith Haw wrote:
It is legal to use PDAnet. FCC slapped Verizon for not allowing customers to use tethering. Here's a like that can explain it a lot better than I can. If you Google it you'll find several other sites that tell you the same thing. Best I remember Verizon got hit with something like a $1.25m fine for blocking it.
PDAnet on Verizon
Keith - you are right unless a person has the grandfathered unlimited plan. The FCC ruling impacted only those who had data limits - the ruling was that if you were paying for data you could access it by tethering or otherwise. Those with grandfathered unlimited plans weren't included. However, Verizon still offers the old tethering add on to grandfathered customers at $30 a month.
Many with grandfathered plans are using apps and just going ahead and tethering. I've heard stories about people being "caught" and stripped of their unlimited data plans however I've never seen anyone say it happened to them.
I pay the $30 probably for the same reason RoyB does. It's just the way I roll.
