Apple pulls iPhone broadband sharing tool from App Store

Ron wrote:
> On Mon, 04 Aug 2008 07:04:25 -0500, DTC
> <DTC@no_spam_nothing_here.foob> wrote:
>
>> Ron wrote:
>>> But your point is ATT doesnt allow tethering, so again how does that
>>> make the iPhone user any worse off ? ?
>> Sure they do with a data plan.
>
> Not with the standard $30 consumer data plan.

I have no idea what their plans are now, but when I had a $59 data
plan with my phone, I could tether it. Therefore it still holds true
you can tether.

"Ron" <ronclifford@peoplepc.com> wrote in message
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> On Sun, 3 Aug 2008 23:14:58 -0700, "Kevin Weaver"
> <kevinkeithweaver@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>
>>"Ron" <ronclifford@peoplepc.com> wrote in message
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>>> On Sun, 3 Aug 2008 12:17:41 -0700, "Kevin Weaver"
>>> <kevinkeithweaver@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>>"Ron" <ronclifford@peoplepc.com> wrote in message
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>>>>> On Sat, 02 Aug 2008 12:20:10 -0500, DTC
>>>>> <DTC@no_spam_nothing_here.foob> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>Snipped from
>>>>>>http://www.betanews.com/article/Appl...ore/1217609076
>>>>>>
>>>>>>http://tinyurl.com/5v4twl
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>For a few hours, iPhone users got the chance to download an
>>>>>>application
>>>>>>called NetShare that could turn the devices into a broadband modem for
>>>>>>a
>>>>>>laptop.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Developed by Nullriver, NetShare time on the App Store was brief,
>>>>>>however. Apple quickly pulled the $9.99 application, likely due to the
>>>>>>fact that tethering is considered against the terms of service of AT&T
>>>>>>data agreements.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> It's back up already.
>>>>>
>>>>> http://news.yahoo.com/s/cmp/20080802/tc_cmp/209901700
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>What good is it if ATT does not allow it's use with a iPhone. Unless if
>>>>your
>>>>willing to pay those extra fee's.
>>>
>>>
>>> "you're" perhaps; and thats different than Windoze smart phones on
>>> AT&T because ? ? ?
>>
>>
>>The one for windows is FREE ? ; )
>
>
> But your point is ATT doesnt allow tethering, so again how does that
> make the iPhone user any worse off ? ?

They do if you want to pay for it.

In message <XfElk.17046$uE5.4213@flpi144.ffdc.sbc.com> DTC
<DTC@no_spam_nothing_here.foob> wrote:

>DevilsPGD wrote:
>> AT&T may not be able to detect it easily or reliably enough to bill for
>> it.
>
>Several years ago, it might have been Comcast or Time Warner, had
>what might have been a deep packet scan and could detect the number
>of computers you had on your network, then try to upgrade the users'
>account for networked connections.

True, for a cheap NAT router. This wouldn't work on a SOCKS5 proxy
though, as the proxy rewrites the TCP headers.