Verizon fined $1.25 million by the FCC over tethering app removal

20. Mxyzptlk posted on 01 Aug 2012, 02:56 0 4

How is it a fast one? People tether their data connections and abuse it. That is why unlimited data is as dead as the dodo. You signed a contract to use their service for the phone you sound under and agreed to. If you want to share your data connection then you should pony up and pay for it.

23. atlvideoguy posted on 01 Aug 2012, 09:14 1 0

Unlimited data is dead because Carriers needed another source of revenue. Carriers can and will throttle users that abuse their network. I'm not an ill customer I pay for unlimited smartphone data plus unlimited hotspot data!

29. iami67 posted on 02 Aug 2012, 14:42 1 0

If i am paying for data to come to my phone then what I do with it when it gets there is my bussines and no one elses. If the phone has capabilities to send the single elsewhere then I should be able too. I did not sign a contract that says i purchsed this to use this way and only this way show me where in the contract it says that buddy

6. SonyFTW2020 posted on 31 Jul 2012, 15:46 1 1

pennies add up...

30. iami67 posted on 02 Aug 2012, 14:42 0 0

not when they made over 3.8 billion this quarter in profit

7. PAPINYC (limited) yesterday, 00:57 posted on 31 Jul 2012, 16:13 4 1

Verizon can certainly afford this. In fact, they can even afford AT&T's payoff to T-Mobile for botching their buy-out.

12. miles16852 posted on 31 Jul 2012, 19:15 1 0

So could Bill Gates! whats your point!

11. miles16852 posted on 31 Jul 2012, 19:14 4 1

Should have been $125million...

17. cepcamba posted on 31 Jul 2012, 23:54 5 1

Make it more than a billion and they'll never do it again :)

24. atlvideoguy posted on 01 Aug 2012, 09:17 2 0

Verizon killed unlimited data plans for another source of revenue to show they're investors a better profit line.

18. drum009 posted on 01 Aug 2012, 01:15 0 0

I may be wrong, but from what I remember it only applies to Verizon. When the FCC auctioned off the bandwith verizon won the bid on "block c". Fortunately, Google had a had in establishing some of the guidelines that must be followed while using block C spectrum (see reference in article ). ... block C only holds verizon's LTE network and not their 3g. So I guess technically only their 4g LTE network comes with no tampering but their 3g is fair game.

31. iami67 posted on 02 Aug 2012, 14:44 0 0

tmobile is the worse. If you upgrade to a android then break your phone 6 months in and go back to your basic no data phone tmobile says you still have to pay that extra 30 a month to contract is over

21. Mxyzptlk posted on 01 Aug 2012, 02:57 0 2

Verizon can cut your service off at any time for unauthorized usage: Check

22. Owlet posted on 01 Aug 2012, 08:56 0 0

Nah, it can't.

26. Mxyzptlk posted on 01 Aug 2012, 15:12 0 1

Yeah they can.

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27. saspcguy posted on 01 Aug 2012, 18:32 0 0

I've never topped 3GB in a month, so unless I develop a craving for playing WoW with insane latency or I tap my phone for Usenet, I think I'll be OK.

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28. saspcguy posted on 01 Aug 2012, 18:32 0 0

Plus it turns out that the FCC ruling still allows the $20 tethering fee for Unlimiteds.

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