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  Re: Using phone as wireless hotspot? Roger Mills <watt.tyler@gmail.com> - 2015-07-28 21:16 +0100
    Re: Using phone as wireless hotspot? John McGaw <Nobody@Nowh.ere> - 2015-07-28 16:32 -0400
      Re: Using phone as wireless hotspot? Leviatan <alberto.feSINESTO@gmail.com> - 2015-07-30 16:09 +0200
    Re: Using phone as wireless hotspot? Ashton Crusher <demi@moore.net> - 2015-07-28 17:51 -0700

#21512 — Re: Using phone as wireless hotspot?

On 28/07/2015 20:00, Ashton Crusher wrote:
> My recollection is that at one time Verizon would not let me use my
> phone as a wireless hotspot unless I paid them $10 a month extra. Then
> I thought I read that there was a court case and they were no longer
> able to prohibit it in NEW contracts.
>
> Anyone know what the situation is?  Can I new freely turn on the
> wireless hotspot for my phone without paying an extra fee?

I don't know what the legal situation is on your side of the Pond, but I 
would have thought that it was a purely commercial decision by your 
network provider. In the UK, for example, '3' don't allow what they call 
'tethering' (using the phone as a hotspot) on certain tariffs - although 
it tends to work in practice even though forbidden!


   And would
> my computer make the connection over wifi or on bluetooth?

That would depend on how you configure the hotspot on the phone. If 
there's an option, use WiFi - it's a lot faster.
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Cheers,
Roger
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#21514

On 7/28/2015 4:16 PM, Roger Mills wrote:
> On 28/07/2015 20:00, Ashton Crusher wrote:
>> My recollection is that at one time Verizon would not let me use my
>> phone as a wireless hotspot unless I paid them $10 a month extra. Then
>> I thought I read that there was a court case and they were no longer
>> able to prohibit it in NEW contracts.
>>
>> Anyone know what the situation is?  Can I new freely turn on the
>> wireless hotspot for my phone without paying an extra fee?
>
> I don't know what the legal situation is on your side of the Pond, but I
> would have thought that it was a purely commercial decision by your network
> provider. In the UK, for example, '3' don't allow what they call
> 'tethering' (using the phone as a hotspot) on certain tariffs - although it
> tends to work in practice even though forbidden!
>
>
>    And would
>> my computer make the connection over wifi or on bluetooth?
>
> That would depend on how you configure the hotspot on the phone. If there's
> an option, use WiFi - it's a lot faster.

Actually, if you have the choice and compatible hardware, use USB 
tethering. I've always found it to be the fastest way although I've never 
tried Bluetooth for that purpose. The wire can be a nuisance but for extra 
speed it might be worth the bother.

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#21557

John McGaw, pensando en voz alta, dice:

> Actually, if you have the choice and compatible hardware, use USB tethering. 
> I've always found it to be the fastest way although I've never tried 
> Bluetooth for that purpose. The wire can be a nuisance but for extra speed it 
> might be worth the bother.

And phone will be powered from PC (tethering over wifi requires a 
significant power, so batery will be fastly depleted).

-- 
Un saludo,
Alberto

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#21517

On Tue, 28 Jul 2015 21:16:10 +0100, Roger Mills <watt.tyler@gmail.com>
wrote:

>On 28/07/2015 20:00, Ashton Crusher wrote:
>> My recollection is that at one time Verizon would not let me use my
>> phone as a wireless hotspot unless I paid them $10 a month extra. Then
>> I thought I read that there was a court case and they were no longer
>> able to prohibit it in NEW contracts.
>>
>> Anyone know what the situation is?  Can I new freely turn on the
>> wireless hotspot for my phone without paying an extra fee?
>
>I don't know what the legal situation is on your side of the Pond, but I 
>would have thought that it was a purely commercial decision by your 
>network provider. In the UK, for example, '3' don't allow what they call 
>'tethering' (using the phone as a hotspot) on certain tariffs - although 
>it tends to work in practice even though forbidden!
>
>
>   And would
>> my computer make the connection over wifi or on bluetooth?
>
>That would depend on how you configure the hotspot on the phone. If 
>there's an option, use WiFi - it's a lot faster.

That reminded me, I think it was to be tethered to the laptop with a
USB cable, not done by wifi or bluetooth.   The phone would be the
Internet connection for the laptop and send the data steam on USB.
Been a while since I've thought about it at all.

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