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Originally Posted by kareljack  Thanks for your responses. I hope I dont seem obtuse here but I just want to make sure.
I am using the internet connection sharing tool on my Q9H while connected via USB. I also have an unlimited data/PDA ) plan. When I select the sharing tool on my phone it shows that I am using the media.net connection.
Now, one of you says that I wont get noticed and the other says I will ...depending on useage. I will stop for now, but does anyone know for sure?
Thanks for your time and patience with my questions. |
Well, I might agree with Jason in regards to the proxy, however, its quite obvious as to the session data sizes when you're using your phone and a PC. They're printed, in detail, on your bill.
The average mobile page might be around 4-40 KB. PC sites start around 100 and go up from there .
For example, I just launched yahoo.com from both my PC and phone.
Phone = 4.05 KB
PC = ~119 KB
Now just imagine, EVERY page you click, the disparity between the two sizes doubles. So say you click 2 pages, the difference in size is not 115 KB, but somewhere around 230. And it keeps going that way.
Anyone who thinks that they can somehow "hide" their internet usage (as far as data transferred) is just fooling themselves. There really isn't any way to get close to PC usage sizes on a phone. Too many websites have mobile versions of pages now. Just not gonna happen. So therefore, AT&T could very easily do a quick study, find out what the HEAVIEST legitimate users of PDA internet use, and write a quick billing app that flags accounts that are higher than that. Verizon already has a cap in place, its stated so in its contract and promo material mentioning internet access. And AT&T already has marketing programs that flag people who use services for which they have no plan for. So, there is no hiding it from them in the end, however, it just depends how much you use for them to justify coming after you and so forth.