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Why is 3G so slow? *Pics Inside**
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aacanela73
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Teathering is a feature on the Droid or any other phone that you get through verizon and the charge for the feature is 30 to 60 dollars for having it on your plan.
Tethering by hacking like PdaNet is free unless you get caught.
If they find out, it'll be a lot more.
Don't use an extravagant amount of data per month and you'll probably go undetected. No guarantees though. As they say, use at your own risk.
aacanela73
Member
Add it on to your plan. They deffinately can tell by your data usage. I have seen it happen.
The problem as it stands right now is that I don't believe there is an official tethering plan for the Droid, so it can't be added.
To the OP - how are you tethering ?? USB or Bluetooth ? I got great results with PDANet last week (able to watch a complete hour of House on Hulu).
I don't tether much, only if I'm in an area with no WiFi and need to do something on my laptop.
aacanela73
Member
You know you may be right about that.. I can't check if it can be added to my phone because I can't change or add features to my account. But you may just be right. I try to talk people out of teathering and into data cards all the time so IDRK but they can see the data usage and compare to the general population. They see everything.......:icon_eek:
thebourbonnflip
Member
i think i got "caught" using PDAnet because i noticed a $6 bill toward "data" on top of the $30.00 monthly access
did you use over 5gb of data? They can't tell based on useage, there are peeps who streem music and video all day.
I am using PDANet now (USB) trying to watch a movie on Hulu and I cant view it. As you can see my photos posted my 3G speed is terrible and the movie is just buffering and doesnt do anything else
Seem like I have dial-up!!!
P.S. This would be great for me because I have limited satellite internet.
I am using PDANet now (USB) trying to watch a movie on Hulu and I cant view it. As you can see my photos posted my 3G speed is terrible and the movie is just buffering and doesnt do anything else
Seem like I have dial-up!!!
Are you sure you're actually getting 3G service (not 1X) ? What does the symbol on the phone indicate ? Have you done a speed test without tethering ?
I would call Verizon and ask them what that $6 charge is... I'm curious.