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Originally Posted by knitpurlgurl
They can't block tethering apps, but that doesn't mean they can't charge us for using them, from what I understand. (I could be wrong. But I read an article that said they are allowed to charge us for mobile hotspot, just cannot keep us from downloading and using the tethering apps.)
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The way the article reads, they were blocking tethering apps and charging the $20 for their own service, not for actually using the device as a hotspot.
From what I understand, they can't block anymore tethering apps because they operate on the C block of spectrum and they can't charge extra just for using the device as a hotspot.
Now I have heard some talk that unlimited data plan users may be considered different, but since there soon won't be unlimited plans anymore for anyone, sort of a moot point.