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iPhone Tethering Hack – Nothing New!
Recently my fellow iPhone owners discovered with the latest 3.0 Firmware for the iPhone, that they were now able to enable tethering with no more than a small download using their phone’s browser. Thus “sticking it to the man” and allowing their iPhone’s to now work as a modem for the laptops.
The problem? Well, there are actually two:
First – It’s a violation of AT&T’s terms of service and you MIGHT get into a little trouble for enabling it.
Second – It’s nothing new. There have been hacks around for years that would allow you to use your Blackberry as a Bluetooth Modem for free, versus paying the $60 to enable a Smart Phone tethering plan through AT&T. What IS unique about this situation is that tethering was a HIGHLY PUBLICIZED missing feature from the iPhone 3.0 firmware for AT&T customers, so it’s compromise has drawn much more attention as previous “work arounds” have.
So what’s AT&T and iPhone owners everywhere to do?
Time Warner Cable — Have They Gone Mental?
Posted by eric in Internet, Miscellaneous, Opinion on April 7, 2009
I’m sure you’ve seen it in the news lately, lord knows I have seen it on every technology related website and blog across the internet. Time Warner Cable has announced a monthly bandwidth cap on their Road Runner Cable Internet service. Time Warner is touting that the 40GB plan should be enough for a majority of users and barely anyone should incur overages.
What are they not telling you? That the 40GB plan is $54.90! The comparable in price plan they’re offering to customers who currently subscribe to Road Runner standard for $29.95/mo? A paltry 5GB! That’s right! Time Warner Cable is going to be charging home users almost THIRTY DOLLARS per month for a pathetically small 5GB of data transfer. Don’t think the marketing genius stops there! In addition to these new ridiculous bandwidth caps, they’re going to be charging you $1 per gigabyte over!
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