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Mark Newton wrote:
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type="cite">Having trouble understanding how Optus (or any other
carrier) can
<div>distinguish between tethered access using their $10 per month
paid-for</div>
<div>option, and tethered access using <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://tetherme.lstoll.net/">http://tetherme.lstoll.net/</a></div>
<div>that the end-user has set up without consulting them for free.</div>
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<div>I think carriers who charge $10 per month for a configuration
file that the</div>
<div>end user can create themselves are being a bit precious, and I
really</div>
<div>wish that tech journalists didn't maintain the facade by
pretending that</div>
<div>this is a feature that's under the carrier's control. </div>
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<div>In the SMH article above Stephen Hutcheon writes, "Optus says
the service</div>
<div>will not be available to customers on pre-paid plans," the
article really ought</div>
<div>to have questioned Optus' credibility in making such a bizarre
statement</div>
<div>instead of just leaving it sitting out there like that.</div>
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<div>You've been able to do this <i>without carrier support</i> on
jailbroken iPhones</div>
<div>since 2007. </div>
<div><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://lifehacker.com/software/feature/use-your-iphones-internet-connection-on-your-laptop-327066.php">http://lifehacker.com/software/feature/use-your-iphones-internet-connection-on-your-laptop-327066.php</a></div>
<div>Now Apple supports it on non-jailbroken phones, and all of a
sudden the </div>
<div>carriers expect everyone to believe that it costs extra? Yer.
Right.</div>
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I assumed that the reason Optus wanted to charge for tethering was to
discourage every single customer using it, a sort of self preservation
tactic I guess - not because it's some new fancy technology or anything.<br>
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