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

[Mark Newton]

On 19/06/2009, at 11:02 AM, Farrell, Trent wrote:
> 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

What would they be preserving?  The iPhone handset is just another bit
of CPE a customer can use to access their network, right?  Why would
they care?

I think they're charging for it because they can.  No great mystery  
there.

Perhaps they think most users are too unsophisticated to do it  
themselves.
If that's the case, there's probably an opening for some third party  
to start a
business which advertises tethering for Optus customers for $8 per  
month.
:-)

   - mark

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