Do T-Mobile include free tethering?

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Just a quick question because I can't find the answer on T-Mobile's web site and I figured someone here would know.

Does T-Moble offer free tethering? I notice that there is nowhere to add it to my plan on the web site so it got me wondering.

Anyone know?
 
Ol!ver said:
Just a quick question because I can't find the answer on T-Mobile's web site and I figured someone here would know.

Does T-Moble offer free tethering? I notice that there is nowhere to add it to my plan on the web site so it got me wondering.

Anyone know?
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Not 100% sure as I'm not on T mobile but I believe they offer tethering within the 'Full Monty' plan, similar to 3's 'The One Plan'.
 
Well I'm on a old plan for unlimited data and never had a problem with tethering but I do use WiFi tether (free app). My colleague at work has to tether using his iPhone 4S at home for a few weeks and had no problem (also unlimited data). I'm inclined to say the T-Mobile aren't to fused unless you're taking the pee.
 
I am on an unlimited data plan (now changed to 3gb) and tether without a problem or charges. I don't run videos etc though just browse.
 
Im 99% sure its ALWAYS free as its a option in your phone and not your contact. Just turn it on and it will use your 3G as normal.
 
I'm on an old Web'n Walk 3GB contract and I'm not supposed to tether according their CS. I do so but very sparingly when I need to which is about once a month. The most bandwidth I would eat up is by watching a couple of short youtube videos but I mainly use it to visit the odd website on the laptop.
 
PianoBasher said:
I seriously don't understand the logic behind this. Data usage is data usage, pure and simple.
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Not really, say you're downloading a few apps, watch some youtube maybe you can reach 3Gb? Now say you tether and torrent and reach 150Gb? It's pretty clear why they don't want that :p

Subliminal Aura said:
How can they tell if you're tethered?
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I'm not sure tbh! Some seem better at it than others.
 
Subliminal Aura said:
How can they tell if you're tethered?
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I believe that in iOS Apple was able to include a monitoring system for their hotspot implementation to allow carriers to detect active on tethering. For android I believe a similar system is in place with the built in hotspot apps. However, you can get around this by using another hotspot app and another browser set to desktop mode normally. The only way that a carrier will be able to detect you from them on is to monitor you usage patterns (i.e. if you're using a bunch load of gigs in a short space of time at specific times of the day they will get suspicious of that activity)

It's pretty much impossible for carriers to detect tethering if you're using a different hotspot app and don't develop a usage pattern for it on Android.
 
The Android easy tether app says that any tethering use with it is invisible to the network operator. T mobile full monty also comes with free BT openzone use now, but I dont have any signal for that at all :(
 
bhavv said:
The Android easy tether app says that any tethering use with it is invisible to the network operator. T mobile full monty also comes with free BT openzone use now, but I dont have any signal for that at all :(
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This is 100% **** for the record, networks can EASILY tell if you tether due to the real obviousness of it (idents, things that check into update.microsoft.com, update.apple.com etc.., it's virtually impossible to not give it away). The difference is that currently there's no fight to clamp down on it because too little people do it and the press from doing it would be hilariously bad. So in summary - they can tell, but don't care enough. Apple official ROMs have a bridge in the wifi chip which is why they can control it (well, control it more than in Android).

All networks have the requisite h/w to do this because it's used for other law-related purposes.
 
Trust me, APPLE cant find out and send your contact how much Tethering your using. If its a Option on your phone and you turn it on its nothing more than just using your 3G connection on your phone that's it.

Its not some special option you have to buy in your contract. Its to do with the phone and not the sim card!

Am I understand that all your doing is turning on Internet Teathering on your Iphone/Mobile then connecting it to your Laptop/Mac and surfing the web from the 3G connection on the phone?

If that is so, there is no special option you have to buy. Just turn it on on the phone settings..
 
Jimz said:
Trust me, APPLE cant find out and send your contact how much Tethering your using. If its a Option on your phone and you turn it on its nothing more than just using your 3G connection on your phone that's it.

Its not some special option you have to buy in your contract. Its to do with the phone and not the sim card!

Am I understand that all your doing is turning on Internet Teathering on your Iphone/Mobile then connecting it to your Laptop/Mac and surfing the web from the 3G connection on the phone?

If that is so, there is no special option you have to buy. Just turn it on on the phone settings..
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Up until very recently I tested phones including the remote toolset that apple provides to networks for diagnostic. If you choose not to believe me and what's possible for the networks to tell about the configuration of iPhones then fair enough but this doesn't get around the issue of DPI which all networks have and you seem to have forgotten.

Apple also has nothing to do with the bill, I have no idea why you'd even say that.
 
I don't get this whole "no tethering" thing.

Most packages don't offer unlimited internet so if the EU wants to blow through 0.5/1/3GB of data tethering and then get charge x.xx/MB for subsequent downloads then surely that's in the telco's best interest money wise.
 
Jimz said:
Trust me, APPLE cant find out and send your contact how much Tethering your using. If its a Option on your phone and you turn it on its nothing more than just using your 3G connection on your phone that's it.

Its not some special option you have to buy in your contract. Its to do with the phone and not the sim card!

Am I understand that all your doing is turning on Internet Teathering on your Iphone/Mobile then connecting it to your Laptop/Mac and surfing the web from the 3G connection on the phone?

If that is so, there is no special option you have to buy. Just turn it on on the phone settings..
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Myshra works for a Mobile Operator, so I'd believe what is said :p
 
The bigger issue that networks don't want to wade into (and to a large degree, tethering will make them) is net neutrality. As technically the internet is a connection not a methodology, why should people pay to tether? Obviously it's to protect their market which is a pretty grey area of the law to be honest, you can protect your market a bit but as soon as it looks bad, it goes downhill - fast. Termination charges, European roaming and many other "nice" earners for networks are testament to what happens when you go too long.

In America AT&T a fairly long time ago tried a light touch approach of SMS alerting as a hint to stop people tethering. Now in america they don't like protecting their customers by laws really so this sort of thing will probably grow there (if you're interested, the battle between netflix and comcast is a particularly good example of what companies can do when unregulated over net neutrality). I think, if networks start broadening their tethering policing and start charging for using their existing allowance it will likely result in the eu crushing them down, charging for extra use has some merit though but it's essentially just a connection so it would have to be in line with the market rate.

3's Unlimited plan was hilarious to me when it launched, surest way to get only the customers it wants to avoid - those who download 100GB via mobile and then moan to everyone when they get nuked. They only had to offer 5/10GB and it would have been most cost effective.
 
I was on 10 Gb before the Full Monty and it wasnt enough. Thats like 7-14 days of normal use for me. 20 Gb would have been ok, 40 Gb more than enough for me, but there was never anything offered over 10 Gb until these current fully unlimited plans.

Myshra said:
3's Unlimited plan was hilarious to me when it launched
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Hilarious to you maybe, I found it more hilarious when people began leaving the other networks to move to 3 for the One Plan because no one else offered decent enough data tariffs.
 
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