{"id":1926,"date":"2011-03-18T14:49:15","date_gmt":"2011-03-18T18:49:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/adam-jackson.net\/blog\/?p=1926"},"modified":"2011-03-18T14:49:15","modified_gmt":"2011-03-18T18:49:15","slug":"att-cracks-down-on-unauthorized-tetherers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2011\/03\/18\/att-cracks-down-on-unauthorized-tetherers\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2605 AT&T Cracks Down on Unauthorized Tetherers"},"content":{"rendered":"

People who have jailbroken<\/a> their iPhones in order to get tethering for free have started receiving notes from AT&T:<\/p>\n

Our records show that you use this capability, but are not subscribed to our tethering plan.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

and<\/p>\n

If we don\u2019t hear from you, we\u2019ll plan to automatically enroll you into DataPro 4GB afterMarch 27, 2011. The new plan – whether you sign up on your own or we automatically enroll you – will replace your current smartphone data plan, including if you are on an unlimited data plan.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

In no way do I see this as a bad thing. Anyone that’s self-righteous enough hack their iPhone while still under contract and steal data via a means that they aren’t paying for should be punished. AT&T isn’t saying that they will back-charge you for previous months, just that if you continue, they will charge you appropriately by auto-enrolling you into the tethering plan.<\/p>\n

A random Internet commenter argues:<\/p>\n

This is bogus. Their data plan is UNLIMITED!!! This means that, i gould download 100TB of data a month on my phone and it still fits in the plan. If this is not the case the term unlimited does not apply and it’s false advertising. Tethering is using a data plan on a phone to link other devices. THE SAME PLAN! The fact that phone companies can get away with double billing their customers is rediculous. three words-class action lawsuit. bury them in litigation. If I’m stuck paying $30\/mo for a data plan that isn’t even as fast as my home network, I better damn well get unlimited everything on it.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Being tech savvy doesn’t allow you to circumvent a carrier’s billing system. If AT&T intended for you to use 100 terabytes of data a month via their 3G service, they would say so. Even before AT&T removed “unlimited data”, you would still get a phone call from them if you exceed something like 5-15 gigabytes a month. I believe Verizon’s unlimited plan as far back as 1998 was still restricted to 5 gigabytes of transfer both ways including tethering. It’s only recently that carriers have began to enforce it.<\/p>\n

Data usage like that does in fact cause\u00a0degradation\u00a0to the network. Have you ever been in a coffee shop and the guy next to you was pushing Pandora+YouTube HD+FTP Uploads while you could barely retrieve a single web page? Do you remember the anger you felt? Bandwidth restrictions by mobile carriers are meant to keep us from feeling that pain and I don’t think the usage restrictions are that terrible. They may grow more painful over time but, now, they’re manageable.<\/p>\n

These limits aren’t going away. 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