Rogers, Android, tethering...

James Knott james.knott-bJEeYj9oJeDQT0dZR+AlfA at public.gmane.org
Wed Aug 15 19:38:42 UTC 2012


Peter King wrote:
> Either I'm doing something wrong, which is likely since I'm an utter novice
> at this, or Rogers has figured out a way to block home tethering. I pay for
> a data plan, but not for separate tethering. But I don't see how they can
> tell when the phone is communicating on its own, so to speak, and when it
> is merely proxy for a computer behind it.
>
> Anyone know what the story is? Ideas, advice, suggestions?

Why not use WiFi tethering?  That's what I do.  I enable the WiFi 
hotspot function of my phone and use that.  Works well and I don't need 
any cables.  Also, it supports tethering up to 8 devices.

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