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Thread ID: 136815	2014-04-16 22:41:00	Why don't carriers like tethering?	utopian201 (6245)	PC World Chat

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1372898	2014-04-16 22:41:00	Hi I don't know what the situation is like in NZ as I moved overseas. But why don't mobile carriers like tethering? If my mobile contract gives me 1gb of data per month, why does the carrier care whether I burn up that data in a few days by using it on my notebook, or if I use it slowly on my phone over the course of a month?	utopian201 (6245)
1372899	2014-04-16 22:52:00	I have no idea, but I don't think that's an issue in New Zealand, mainly because we're more sensible than the US to begin with. ;)	pcuser42 (130)
1372900	2014-04-17 01:07:00	Because they want to charge you for anything you can, NZ carriers will probably catch on at some point and do it too.	dugimodo (138)
1372901	2014-04-17 02:02:00	Because they want to charge you for anything you can, NZ carriers will probably catch on at some point and do it too.:+1:	paulw (1826)
1372902	2014-04-17 05:12:00	Hi I don't know what the situation is like in NZ as I moved overseas. But why don't mobile carriers like tethering? If my mobile contract gives me 1gb of data per month, why does the carrier care whether I burn up that data in a few days by using it on my notebook, or if I use it slowly on my phone over the course of a month? You answered your own question. You get 1gb (or whatever) in NZ that's why the carriers here don't care. In the US, until the last year or two, they never had any limits at all. There are plenty of people still on those plans.	Cato (6936)
1372903	2014-04-17 05:14:00	In the UK, despite having data caps, they don't permit tethering on all plans.	utopian201 (6245)
1372904	2014-04-17 05:47:00	In the UK, despite having data caps, they don't permit tethering on all plans. It's your data and you pay for it so you should be able to do what you like with it..	paulw (1826)
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