[AusNOG] 'X' carrier tethering on iPhone v3.0

[Farrell, Trent]

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

-- 
Trent Farrell
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Comcen / Spin
Level 1, 396 Princes Highway, St Peters, NSW 2044
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