Quoting DrJBHL, reply 14Just something I read about.... AT&T is the first to do this.... http://lifehacker.com/#!5783440/att-starts-blindly-sending-emails-to-unofficial-tetherers

 

So what I am gathering by all this is that it is illegal to use your cell phone as a WiFi hot spot then?

Quoting Uvah, reply 8It means you'll be left wide open to all kinds of not nice stuff a secure site would block.

 

It actually means that you can't access https sites like logging into Email or Facebook, but you can still access things that you don't have to log in for - i.e. search engines, wikipedia, reading forums (Just can't log in) etc, youtube browsing and streaming.

 

Also, I have a first generation Android and PDANet works fine with it - I believe there are versions coming out for Blackberry and iPhone platforms in the future, maybe even Windows Mobile, but not certain - Haven't looked at the site in a while.

 

You just need the USB charger cable to use the tethering. You activate PDANet on the phone, enable USB Debugging, and then hit "Activate USB Tether" - Then you just plug it into the computer and run the program on the computer. It's pretty simple, and once USB debugging is enabled you can leave it toggled.

 

One note - Depending on your phone's power pull and signal strength in the area, sometimes PDANet uses slightly more power than the USB cord can replenish, so you'll have a slowly dying battery, but I can use my connection for eight hours at a time on some days, and my phone's battery life hasn't suffered for it. It routinely runs for days at a time when I'm not actively calling people, and I've been using PDANet for six months now.

 

There _is_ an option to enable bluetooth tethering, but you do have to root your phone for that option, or at least on the version I originally started with. Then you can use it as a bluetooth hot spot, depending on if your device is compatible. Again, I have a first gen phone and it's fine, so it should be fine with consecutive versions.

Quoting LightStar, reply 15
Quoting DrJBHL, reply 14Just something I read about.... AT&T is the first to do this.... http://lifehacker.com/#!5783440/att-starts-blindly-sending-emails-to-unofficial-tetherers

 

So what I am gathering by all this is that it is illegal to use your cell phone as a WiFi hot spot then?

If you're paying for a data plan on the phone, no.

So, now I can take my internet with me wherever I go!

And what's even better, I was able to get internet over the last two days when my cable internet connection went out repeatedly!
 

Quoting RedneckDude,
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So, now I can take my internet with me wherever I go!

And what's even better, I was able to get internet over the last two days when my cable internet connection went out repeatedly!
 


 

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So what I am gathering by all this is that it is illegal to use your cell phone as a WiFi hot spot then?

If you're paying for a data plan on the phone, no.


Illegal, no, however it is generally a TOS violation and can get you terminated if you don't have an appropriate plan which allows tethering or hotspot functionality. Some providers prohibit tethering altogether even if you are paying for unlimited data (it makes it much easier to reach "excessive" levels of usage, the consequences of which vary by provider).

Simply having a data plan may or may not include such, so check your TOS before doing this.