On Tuesday, mobile carrier Verizon Wireless made a “voluntary” contribution of $125 million dollars to the U.S. Treasury, as part of a Federal Communications Commission consent decree that also slapped down tethering fees the carrier had been charging its customers. Prior to this action, Verizon had required its customers to pay $20 a month for official tethering functionality on top of their data plan charges.
The big problem with tethering is the pathetic connection speeds and problems that creep up with that setup on many phones. I myself travel a lot and have tried many tethering options but finally ended up with a personal router device instead. Something like a MiFi from Verizon with a WiFi router with a 4G data connection. Works much better then any tethering I have tried. Besides why run down your phone tethering?
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FCC Pushes Verizon to Allow Tethering at No Extra Charge
Posted by: Peter Suciu August 1, 2012 11:42 AMOn Tuesday, mobile carrier Verizon Wireless made a “voluntary” contribution of $125 million dollars to the U.S. Treasury, as part of a Federal Communications Commission consent decree that also slapped down tethering fees the carrier had been charging its customers. Prior to this action, Verizon had required its customers to pay $20 a month for official tethering functionality on top of their data plan charges.