Phone data is unlimited, tethering/wifi hotspot isn't.
T-Mobile starts going after LTE tethered data ‘thieves', says some use up to 2TB per month
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I only pay for the legit hotspot just to keep em off my ass when I'm tethering. I never use the native hotspot app.Lmao. I don't think I use 2tb's worth but I been running my whole house off my phone for years. I have never been throttled. I get about 10mbps max speed so I'm good lol. I hope they don't fukk with Metro
Edit: You are paying for the Hotspot
ExodusNirvana
Change is inevitable...
T-Mo is simply assuming that the large data users are using the hotspot, and while that's a fair assumption, if a person wasn't using 2 TB and was using say only 100GB, that user would still be considered a "data thief" by their standards.
If I'm using a VPN on my phone there is ZERO way you can tell what the data is, you can only tell that I am in fact using data.
2 TB is one thing but I can easily download 100GB of data in a week using my phone and I don't have to tether or hotspot, word to @R=G
Do NOT be fooled. There is no way they can differentiate tethering data from mobile data unless they openly admit that they are throttling data or invading the privacy of their users.
Remember: data caps are fine but it has to apply to ALL data. And tethering is not a type of data, it is a service.
Call it what it is: the telecoms advertise unlimited data in order to lure customers in, knowing that they neither have the spectrum nor the network capacity to handle such a thing.
The thing is....that is not my problem. These telecoms are not my friend and they're not your friend. Their purpose is to provide a service or good. I don't care about their profits nor do I care about their network capacity or anything other than the fact that I have paid for a service and I am entitled to it as a result of me paying for that service and no other reason but that.
The fact is...if they said straight up that it's not unlimited and that your data has limits, people would approach these contracts far differently and it would affect their profits quite significantly.
If T-Mo was sincere about competing with AT&T or the other companies they would say that their plans offer 100GB a month and THEN charge a monthly fee per usage after that but what the bootlickers don't get is that it doesn't matter if it's 2 TB or 100GB because their network STILL can't handle it and they're only saying that it's Unlimited to draw you in.
If I'm using a VPN on my phone there is ZERO way you can tell what the data is, you can only tell that I am in fact using data.
2 TB is one thing but I can easily download 100GB of data in a week using my phone and I don't have to tether or hotspot, word to @R=G
Do NOT be fooled. There is no way they can differentiate tethering data from mobile data unless they openly admit that they are throttling data or invading the privacy of their users.
Remember: data caps are fine but it has to apply to ALL data. And tethering is not a type of data, it is a service.
Call it what it is: the telecoms advertise unlimited data in order to lure customers in, knowing that they neither have the spectrum nor the network capacity to handle such a thing.
The thing is....that is not my problem. These telecoms are not my friend and they're not your friend. Their purpose is to provide a service or good. I don't care about their profits nor do I care about their network capacity or anything other than the fact that I have paid for a service and I am entitled to it as a result of me paying for that service and no other reason but that.
The fact is...if they said straight up that it's not unlimited and that your data has limits, people would approach these contracts far differently and it would affect their profits quite significantly.
If T-Mo was sincere about competing with AT&T or the other companies they would say that their plans offer 100GB a month and THEN charge a monthly fee per usage after that but what the bootlickers don't get is that it doesn't matter if it's 2 TB or 100GB because their network STILL can't handle it and they're only saying that it's Unlimited to draw you in.
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tmobile terms say you are de-prioritized after 21gb. Also, at a certain point you are running a server, which is not for consumer plans.
Also, unlimited calling has always had limits cause at a point over 8hrs it becomes monitoring. people don't care about voice...but it has always had limits cause we all know what happens when too many are on a cell tower.