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Originally Posted by kareljack  The question I'm asking - to no one specifically - why risk drawing attention and the possibility of extra charges by using tethering?
It sucks that AT&T are such hard asses about this. I understand the issues regarding overloading the network... but geez. |
Its also a matter of not paying for something you should normally get elsewhere, or even internally. AT&T offers DSL service in its landline areas, so obviously it doesn't benefit them to let you just run wild with your PDA plan.
But also, if you can imagine. In LA alone, there are more than 5 million AT&T customers. If even a half of million of them tethered their phones as permanent ISP for their PC/laptop, it would just be chaos. The network isn't built to handle that much data. Thats why WAP was invented in the first place. The network has been built with certain parameters, not able to handle PC like data transferring.