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Re:How AT&T Recognizes Unauthorized Tethering from Jailbroke... by pieter on Monday May 09, 2011 @10:19AM (#2528778)
I'd like to see a proper source of this (other than Android Police / iPhone Download Blog). I have used MyWi without having any special settings for tethering (my provider doesn't supply those), and it worked just fine; it would be a bit silly to go through the trouble of setting up a hotspot and making sure you're actively routing the data to the 'wrong' APN.

(Note that iPhone Download Blog is the one calling MyWi by name)

Also, if this is the case, wouldn't it be easier for AT&T to just disable the tethering APN for you if you don't have the tethering option? That would seem to be much more effective.

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Re:How AT&T Recognizes Unauthorized Tethering from Jailbroke... by delinka on Monday May 09, 2011 @11:25AM (#2528978)
Every good dealer knows that you don't cut off your customers' supply. You "work with" them, you send someone to break their legs for not paying, but you never cut them off.

Seriously, wouldn't it always have been easier just to cut customers off to prevent things like astronomical texting overages? That would interfere with that beautiful revenue stream.

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Re:How AT&T Recognizes Unauthorized Tethering from Jailbroke... by gcb on Monday May 09, 2011 @12:22PM (#2529225)
I think everyone here is only worried with the breaking of legs anyway.
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Re:How AT&T Recognizes Unauthorized Tethering from Jailbroke... by Irfaan on Monday May 09, 2011 @05:32PM (#2530297)
Just to add another data point - during a recent move, I was temporarily using iPhone + MyWi as my primary internet connection. Nothing particularly egregious - just basic web browsing and SFTP. This lasted for about a week.

That was at least 1 billing cycle ago, and I've yet to hear a peep from AT&T. My suspicion is AT&T is (currently) just looking for users with excessive data usage.

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