<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Aug 2, 2012 at 3:48 PM, Jim Kinney <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jim.kinney@gmail.com" target="_blank">jim.kinney@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
That was good news! I'm long overdue for a phone hacking day. My Droid<br>
1 is still running the stock load with stock updates.<br>
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<hangs head in shame><br>
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On Thu, Aug 2, 2012 at 3:32 PM, Charles Shapiro <<a href="mailto:hooterpincher@gmail.com">hooterpincher@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> At the ALE talk on CyanogenMod ( <a href="http://www.cyanogenmod.com/" target="_blank">http://www.cyanogenmod.com/</a> ) I<br>
> mentioned that one advantage to loading a free build of Android was<br>
> that you get tethering/wifi with the build, while Verizon wanted to<br>
> charge you $20 a month for the privilege of using your smartphone as a<br>
> modem for your computer. In the Q/A, we discussed whether Verizon<br>
> might throw you off their network or punish you otherwise for<br>
> tethering your phone without paying the $20 to them.<br>
><br>
> That has now changed. The FCC has ordered Verizon to allow tethering,<br>
> on the grounds that charging for it restricts public access to the<br>
> airwaves. ( <a href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-1035_3-57485518-94/what-verizons-fcc-tethering-settlement-means-to-you-faq/" target="_blank">http://news.cnet.com/8301-1035_3-57485518-94/what-verizons-fcc-tethering-settlement-means-to-you-faq/</a><br>
> ) The decision was reached WRT to 4G networking, which my phone does<br>
> not support, but it appears that Verizon is knuckling under on 3G as<br>
> well.<br>
</div><div class="h5"><br></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Note that this doesn't apply to unlimited data plans, and they can still charge you for tethering if you are under one. (Like I am, but I'm rooted also.)</div>
<div><br></div><div>Good overview here: <a href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-1035_3-57485518-94/what-verizons-fcc-tethering-settlement-means-to-you-faq/">http://news.cnet.com/8301-1035_3-57485518-94/what-verizons-fcc-tethering-settlement-means-to-you-faq/</a></div>
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