Tethering

Question of the Day: What Tethering App are You Using With Jelly Bean?

Kellen September 25, 2012 235

Now that most of the Galaxy Nexus owners in the building are all running official Jelly Bean (Android 4.1), the reports of "FoxFi no longer works!" are starting to flood in. We aren't exactly sure what changed in Jelly Bean to cause some tethering apps to quit...

FCC to Verizon: You Can No Longer Block Tethering Apps, Please Pay $1.25 Million to Say You are Sorry

Kellen July 31, 2012 284

The FCC ruled today in favor of you, the customer, telling Verizon that they were in the wrong when they blocked tethering apps from being able to be downloaded to your phone. The blocking of tethering apps, as many of you suggested a year ago, does not...

Verizon Blocks Updates to Apps That They Don’t Approve of? How About Bionic Tethering Instructions to Ease the Pain?

Kellen September 21, 2011 195

Back in April, we discovered that Verizon was starting to block apps that they deemed to be unacceptable or that violated contract terms. Tethering apps were the first and most noticeably removed, but what if the situation is deeper than just blocking? What...

Verizon 4G LTE Unlimited Data Customers Will Have Separate $30 Unlimited Tethering Plan

Kellen July 1, 2011 834

When we first reported news that Verizon was switching to tiered data, we also confirmed that customers would be allowed to add on tethering for an additional $20. What we were unsure about though, was how they would treat those of us with 4G LTE devices who...

Tethering Complaint Filed Against Verizon with FCC by Free Press

Kellen June 6, 2011 1985

Oh baby. The blocking of tethering apps by Verizon just got very real after a complaint was filed today through the FCC by Free Press which could potentially impact the future of LTE. This has been one of those hot subjects around Droid Life over the last...