When the fuck did a mobile hotspot become something you have to pay extra for?
When the fuck did a mobile hotspot become something you have to pay extra for?
It's my goddamn motherfucking mobile data and MY PHONE. I should be able to use it however I want. My wifi went down because the greedy, cunt-faced shitbags at Comcast stole taxpayer subsidies to enrich themselves instead of actually providing the service we're paying for. I tried to switch to a mobile hotspot and my phone refuses to open one. Everyone responsible for this shit should be fed to alligators locked away in a fucking gulag. We have no rights and live in a corporate plutocracy.
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I remember it definitely being a very common thing in USA a decade or so ago. I never knew it disappeared. I don't think it would ever fly in Europe.
I don't think it would ever fly in Europe.
It does, or at least did. I'm in the UK, and it used to be fairly common. Over the last few years, maybe the last decade, more and more providers used the lack of tethering restrictions as an advertised feature to show that they were better than the competition.
Now that we've left the EU though, I wouldn't be surprised to see the restrictions come back. We've already lost free EU roaming on a lot of tariffs.
The fact that as soon as the UK left the EU carriers removed the free roaming shows the importance of government regulations
It's not only important. This example and many others like usb-c/pd, removable batteries shows it's working.
Of course… People are dumb enough to want regulation when it serves their needs and can’t see far enough on how it would hurt others..
Maybe on carrier bought phones where they removed the feature. If you bought an unlocked Nexus or Pixel and a SIM only plan you could always tether as much as you wanted on any UK plan.
It was nothing to do with the phone. I tried to find one for my father to use for his computer, as he only used the internet now and then, but the SIM only plans had data restrictions on tethering.
They started off as unlimited pay as you go with prices charged by the megabyte then gigabyte, then once high data plans came in, they started to get restricted.
As I said, it's been changing, but as far as I know, there are still plans with tethering restrictions.
I don't see how they could know.
There used to be jailbreak tweaks in the iOS 4 days that would allow you to use it regardless of your carrier.
I remember it as well. That's when I started buying unlocked phones and rooting them to get around having to pay. I was pleasantly surprised when I found out there wasn't a fee anymore. I really hope that having to pay for hotspot isn't coming back.
It was a thing in Canada a decade ago too. Luckily I’ve just about forgotten about it. That was a weird time.