USB Tether Pricing

[ab41681114]

Ah.. alright well then, I'll take my chances, how bad is the fee if caught?

[OneTenderRebel]

Ah.. alright well then, I'll take my chances, how bad is the fee if caught?

First offense they chop a hand off, no biggie though you have another one

[ChugIt]

It is $30 a month for a 5GB tethering data cap using their service. The Palm Pre is unlimited tethering (for some stupid reason they get it free). I'm not 100% on if they charge for Blackberry now or not. I know they didn't before but I THINK they may have changed that, don't hold me to that statement though.

I know people who have added a line and put a Palm Pre on it just to tether.

[bluemoon]

Hi all, have been lurking for a while now but new to posting...

Have followed some tethering threads for some time, & decided that it would be best to bite the bullet & sign on for Verizon's plan. This morning I called a VZW store to ask about it, and was told to install pdanet from the market, load their software on my laptop, & I was good to go. Asked again for pricing, & she said it was free for droid owners. Sounded too good to be true...

So I stopped in after work at a [I]different[I] VZW store, and asked the same questions. The tech who helped me told me the exact same thing, and a manager-type that overheard us echoed him. Said that was the beauty of the Droid (mentioned N1 as well); services like turn by turn nav & tethering were no extra charge. He even took my phone, found pdanet free, & installed it. Told me to google search the computer software & load it on the laptop. Still a little skeptical, I asked again how much this would cost per month, and what the limits were. Again, both fellows said it didn't require any fee other than the unlimited data plan I already have, and that this was what made droid so desirable.

So I'm typing this on my laptop -tethered to the Droid for internet access- still thinking it sounds too good to be true. Used to tether with a Blackberry from Cincinnati Bell, & paid $30/month for the privelege. But... hell, I TRIED to do what I thought was right (pay for the service), giving them multiple chances to sign me to a plan... and three different employees at two different stores INSISTED I just load a free app & tether to my heart's content while paying only for the unlimited data plan I already had.

Would be greatly interested in hearing about other folks experiences when asking Verizon about tethering plans (specifically for the Motorola Droid & Nexus One)

[aminaked]

Ah.. alright well then, I'll take my chances, how bad is the fee if caught?

Family, provider far apart over nearly $18,000 phone bill - The Boston Globe

[sc4fpse]

They will not let you add their tethering service to an original Droid because they took it out of the OTA and said the device does not support tethering. These are your options....

1. Upgrade to a newer device that they say is capable of tethering and pay for the service.
2. Use an app and tether it against their TOS.

Either of those 2 are gonna be all you can do.

Well, exactly. If they ever claim you were tethering and try to get you to pay, ask how they can look you in the eye and expect you to pay for doing something with your phone that the hardware doesn't support.

I would love to see what would happen with that one...