US Cellular's Official Tethering Policy

Yeahha · December 2nd, 2011, 02:05 AM

US Cellular's official tethering policy

According to the US Cellular's Terms of Service (ToS) available at Customer Service Agreement | Legal Policies | U.S. Cellular

US Cellular's official policy about tethering is

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WIRELESS MODEM SERVICE MAY BE USED FOR THE FOLLOWING PURPOSES:

(a) intranet access (including access to corporate intranets, e-mail and individual software applications); (b) e-mail access; and (c) Web browsing. Wireless modem service cannot be used with host computer applications or for (a) continuous file transfers, (b) telemetry applications, (c) automatic data feeds, (d) Web camera posts or broadcasts, (e) automated functions, (f) any other machine-to-machine applications or peer-to-peer (P2P) file sharing, or (g) redirecting television signals for viewing on Personal Computers. Wireless modem service cannot be used as a substitute for private lines, frame relay or other dedicated connections. U.S. Cellular reserves the right to limit throughput or amount of data transferred and to deny or terminate service, without notice, to anyone we believe is using the easyedge unlimited plan or feature in any manner prohibited above or whose usage adversely impacts or potentially impacts our network or service levels. Anyone using more than 5GB per line in a given month is presumed to be using the service in a manner prohibited above, and we reserve the right to immediately terminate the service of any such person without notice.

Currently tethering is allowed by US Cellular. If you would like to find out more about tethering your Android phone please visit the link below.

Android Tethering Instructions | Smartphone Modem Feature | Android | U.S. Cellular