Ted Todorov
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Well the iPhone has always been "wink wink nudge nudge" as well -- a couple of apps allowing free tethering made it through to iTunes and stayed up long enough to probably be downloaded by a million users before they got pulled (one had made it to #1 in the sales ranks before Apple finally reacted). And for those who were too slow, the iPhone tethering code is available as an open source app -- so anyone who is a developer or knows a developer can go that route. Note that none of this requires jailbreaking.
Thus I think your last sentence is the operative one -- the phone companies will simply start billing those tethering on the sly. It may be something as simple as scanning for a browser user agent that doesn't exist on a smartphone. Busted.
Originally Posted by DaveF
But it's still a "wink wink nudge nudge" situation, as I understand it: anyone can "sideload" (as I've read) a non-Markeplace app for free tethering. Maybe there's rooting involved. Still this sweep will certainly capture the majority of users. And it seems likely that Verizon, like AT&T, will attempt to identify and bill on-the-sly tetherers.
Well the iPhone has always been "wink wink nudge nudge" as well -- a couple of apps allowing free tethering made it through to iTunes and stayed up long enough to probably be downloaded by a million users before they got pulled (one had made it to #1 in the sales ranks before Apple finally reacted). And for those who were too slow, the iPhone tethering code is available as an open source app -- so anyone who is a developer or knows a developer can go that route. Note that none of this requires jailbreaking.
Thus I think your last sentence is the operative one -- the phone companies will simply start billing those tethering on the sly. It may be something as simple as scanning for a browser user agent that doesn't exist on a smartphone. Busted.