Verizon Offers Free Tethering Because It Has To

Posted by timothy on Tuesday September 18, 2012 @04:54AM from the but-watch-them-brag-how-nice-they-are dept.

jfruh writes "Most U.S. wireless carriers are trying to have it both ways on tethering or smartphones-as-hotspots — moving people from unlimited data plans to plans where they pay by the gigabyte, but then also charging them extra if they want to share the gigabytes they've paid for with other devices. But on Android phones on Verizon, at least, you can still tether, not because Verizon is trying to be more consumer friendly, but because, according to an FCC ruling, they agreed to allow it when they bought formerly public spectrum."

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Thinking back by SuperKendall · 2012-09-18 05:14 · Score: 1, Offtopic

Sure, there are no rich people anyway, but more people (all people) get to enjoy good life.
Yeah, I remember the bread lines in the old soviet union being the best of times. Why can't we all go back to that golden age?

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