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Sprint to Ban Tethering on Smartphones Next Year, Other Plans Revealed | PhoneNews.com
This is not good
Sprint to Ban Tethering on Smartphones Next Year, Other Plans Revealed | PhoneNews.com
This is not good
With android being as open as it is. I don't think Sprint can do much of anything to stop tethering, the people hacking it are a lot smarter than the ones trying to stop it.
If they find out you are still tethering, what are they gonna do? Do you think they are gonna cancel your account, just for you to leave and go to another carrier and pay them $69 or more a month.
I don't think so. This dog just ain't gonna bite.
However, under the Comcast/BitTorrent ruling from the FCC, a provider cannot punish you for working around those restrictions. A carrier cannot block any specific application on the internet, including the personal use of tethering on a single device.
Sprint can remove features from a phone which enable it to tether. They also can implement roadblocks, or ask that you use specific plans.
However, under the Comcast/BitTorrent ruling from the FCC, a provider cannot punish you for working around those restrictions. A carrier cannot block any specific application on the internet, including the personal use of tethering on a single device.
As such, yes, Sprint can remove tethering from phones. But, legally, there
Sprint would techincally be electronicly tresspassing if they were to remove anything from my phone that I didnt give constent for. I realize they snuck in code for this on WebOS, but I dont care what phone, or what OS is being used, if its removed from my phone, they will be breaking the law.
Its MY phone. Its THEIR network. Cancel my account if you must, but stay out of my stuff.
Sprint would techincally be electronicly tresspassing if they were to remove anything from my phone that I didnt give constent for. I realize they snuck in code for this on WebOS, but I dont care what phone, or what OS is being used, if its removed from my phone, they will be breaking the law.
Its MY phone. Its THEIR network. Cancel my account if you must, but stay out of my stuff.
So what you are basicly saying is that if my ISP (Comcast) didnt like something that I was doing... lets say P2P filesharing, they would have the right to remove it from my system? Because it was in the EULA? I think not. Its the same thing. They arent autherized. Its criminal electronic tresspassing. You can slice it and dice it any way you see fit, but try removing something from one of their devices/systems/whatever. You'll land your butt in jail. Its a two way street.Their not removing anything from YOUR phone. If it is removed it will be removed long before its released.
True its your phone, but you are breaking YOUR and THEIR contact.
But its not really a big deal. Given time any smart phone that gets in the right hands can be altered, tailered and made to do what the end user wants
The most they could legally do, it ban you from thier network. Im willing to bet that this would hold up in a court of law.
Im sure many a lawyer would love the chance at a class action lawsuit.The trouble with that, and most cases like this, is do you have the money to stand up to them in court?
So what you are basicly saying is that if my ISP (Comcast) didnt like something that I was doing... lets say P2P filesharing, they would have the right to remove it from my system? Because it was in the EULA? I think not. Its the same thing. They arent autherized. Its criminal electronic tresspassing. You can slice it and dice it any way you see fit, but try removing something from one of their devices/systems/whatever. You'll land your butt in jail. Its a two way street.
The most they could legally do, is ban you from thier network. Im willing to bet that this would hold up in a court of law.
Also, FYI, I have PDANet on my phone. Its been there almost as long as I have had the phone. So it IS already there. I'd like to see them remove that without backlash and/or lawsuits. Im sure Im not the only one with it on my system.
Their not removing anything from YOUR phone. If it is removed it will be removed long before its released.
True its your phone, but you are breaking YOUR and THEIR contact.
But its not really a big deal. Given time any smart phone that gets in the right hands can be altered, tailered and made to do what the end user wants
UNLESS you've already signed away that right in the user agreement. Odds are, that was in the fine print, and since you agreed to it, it's not trespassing.
Oh Im well aware of what a EULA is, but thanks for trying to make it seem like I didnt.Ok im confused ,, because I never stated that they were gonna remove a file from the phone. Maybe I cant read my own post, so please show me where I typed that.
So please READ my post that I have quoted here :
And tell me where I said they were removing a file from the device.
Also the EULA will hold up in ANY COURT. It was written by lawyers for the soul purpose of saving the publishers butt
If you actually sit and read the EULA insted of just clicking next you would see where the publisher actually owns the rights to the software not the end user
Where did anyone say it wasnt a binding contract? Now who's not reading posts? See what I did there.Thank you punkzanyj.. Most people dont understand that even though it just a SA for a cell phone,, its still a legally binding contract between you(the end user) and the service provider(Sprint). There is fine print and Terms and Conditions.
Which isnt any different than what we already have. So if someone has the actual webchat, I'd very much like to see that.No tethering for phones that require Everything plans (such as all smartphones) from here on out.
Instead they are choosing of pushing their expensive Mifi and usb adapters, for the most part only business users who really need it are able to afford this.
Good for Sprint. I don't want to have to compete for bandwidth with a bunch of people watching netflix movies and playing online games.
It's a smartphone, the data plans are designed to cater to the phone, not to the phone AND a computer. Computers, especially those running Windows, have potential to suck a lot more data when compared to the phone itself.
It's a good idea especially since so many idiots running Windows are unknowingly part of botnets constantly streaming data in/out.
-n8
Good for Sprint. I don't want to have to compete for bandwidth with a bunch of people watching netflix movies and playing online games.
It's a smartphone, the data plans are designed to cater to the phone, not to the phone AND a computer. Computers, especially those running Windows, have potential to suck a lot more data when compared to the phone itself.
It's a good idea especially since so many people running Windows are unknowingly part of botnets constantly streaming data in/out.
-n8
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