PDA net app verizon hidden charges?

[turtlegss]

PdaNet free edition v2.12 Application for Android | Communication
This is the link for the PDAnet app. It says it will let the computer access the internet through the phone by tethering or bluetooth. The question is if I run this program will the tethering alert verizon and they will now charge me the 30 dollar extra tethering to internet charge.

[Mawnee]

Newp, no charges. As far as verizon can tell you are just using your phone. Unless you go crazy and download huge files to throw up red flags.

There is a thread in the hacks section on it

Tethering up and running on droid

[Silmarillion]

Is this still true in 2011?

Newp, no charges. As far as verizon can tell you are just using your phone. Unless you go crazy and download huge files to throw up red flags.

There is a thread in the hacks section on it

Tethering up and running on droid

[Silmarillion]

Is this still true in 2011?

[garrett]

they are taking steps to block the apps on both android and iphone first to block the apps in the market. The next step will to start charging the abusers. If you tether why not pay for it, its not expensive. If you cant afford the extra money maybe a smart phone isnt for you.

http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Verizon-tethering-hotspot-jailbreak-Cydia,news-12124.html



PS: Silmarillion this isn't directed towards you directly.... its just a general rant.

[Silmarillion]

they are taking steps to block the apps on both android and iphone first to block the apps in the market. The next step will to start charging the abusers. If you tether why not pay for it, its not expensive. If you cant afford the extra money maybe a smart phone isnt for you.

http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Verizon-tethering-hotspot-jailbreak-Cydia,news-12124.html



PS: Silmarillion this isn't directed towards you directly.... its just a general rant.

Thank you for the qualifier. Somehow I dont find paying $360 for phone data and 360 for tethered data a year reasonable. If you're considering the pre tax costs, it's closer to $936.

[takeshi]

Thank you for the qualifier. Somehow I dont find paying $360 for phone data and 360 for tethered data a year reasonable. If you're considering the pre tax costs, it's closer to $936.

You mean post tax? $720 is pre tax.

[Silmarillion]

You mean post tax? $720 is pre tax.

Depending on your tax bracket/state, you have to earn more than $720 to pay for it. If you pay 30% of your income in taxes, you have to earn a pretax amount of $936.

[liftedplane]

The story that its "to hard on the network" is a bunch of bs, they are charging for data the way they are now because they know they can get away with it, with how smartphones can surf the net.

I personally think charging for tethering is a load of crap, you can even torrent on some of these phones now, the difference between using your phone as a browser and tethering to a laptop, netbook, desktop, or what have you, is incredibly minimal anymore.

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[vatothe0]

The story that its "to hard on the network" is a bunch of bs, they are charging for data the way they are now because they know they can get away with it, with how smartphones can surf the net.

I personally think charging for tethering is a load of crap, you can even torrent on some of these phones now, the difference between using your phone as a browser and tethering to a laptop, netbook, desktop, or what have you, is incredibly minimal anymore.

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I don't remember my phone automatically downloading a 400+mb os update. Or 50mb antivirus updates or the multitude of other things that clearly differentiate smartphone use from pc use.

Obviously you've made up your mind and no amount of rational explanation will change it but hopefully someone will learn something.

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