I am looking at a new contract with t-mobile, with unlimited internet and 3GB of Wifi from Openzone as well. The question is, does teathering work (I think its not allowed, but does it work?)?

would work on a rooted phone?

Not a massive deal but would be good.....

I tether on T-Mobile from my Android handset

I tether my ipod and my Nexus 7. I don't know what the deal is officially. I don't want to ask!

are these contracts started after 8th August? Think is came in recently.

I have an old PAYG T-mobile handset and if I buy their PAYG internet 6 month pack (£20) I can teather the phone to my laptop etc without a problem.

Don't know if that applies to contracts though.

I'm not entirely sure how they'd know, other than with unusually high data usage.

Don't torrent, you'll be ok

All the plans after 8th of august now redirect to a page where it blocks tethering when you try and do it. There is probably a way around. Not sure though.

People can still tether on old plans with tethering.

I'm on an old plan. When I googled people were talking about an app called 'orbot'. I've not checked it out.

How do they know if you're tethering or not?

Just go with 3, the Oneplan.

Recently during a mini holiday (it rained a lot) I turned my mobile into a hot spot and tethered a laptop and Galaxy Tab 7, Both the kids were watching Netflix and I was actually using the iPhone to watch Skygo lol.

We did Gb's and Gb's per day no problems. I also downloaded several HD movies on the same mini break. We must of done 30-40Gb atleast over 4 days.

think they can look at the settings and see if its an android. maybe ways round it though.

I had awful problems with Three, mostly because they have a filtered internet feed.

When I tried to get an unfiltered feed, they tried to sell me porn. Eventually, they worked out that all I wanted was not to have my browsing censored. It took them two days to switch me from one plan to the other. During that time, I could still connect to the internet but was charged a fortune for data because I wasn't on a internet plan!

Had to argue for ages to get them to drop the charges.

Even after that, several sites were blocked.

Ludicrous. If I have 1Gb of data a month, it's irrelevant whether it gets passed on to my laptop or not.

Here's the reasons why they're getting pissed at tethering!

Unless of course you agree to a contract that stipulates how you use it, in which case you have no right to complain.

the problem is that T Mobile and Three are unlimited plans, not 1GB. I would be happy with the 3GB or 5GB but having tethering.

Tethering does not work on T-Mobile contracts that do not include tethering, I tried everything and couldn't get it to work on my old contract. Luckily I upgraded when they allowed tethering.

Hmmm....need to find a way round this before I sign up....not a deal breaker but would be nice to keep...

I have 2GB of data on O2 and I can tether with that.

Here we go again... contracts can stipulate all sorts of things that, objectively speaking, are not rational or reasonable.

My point is very simple and aside from contracts: I use 1 or 2 Gb per month. It makes no difference to T-Mobile whatsoever if that data is used by apps on my phone or apps on my laptop. None.


I don't have one of their recent all you can get packages. I'm pretty sure my 2 year old rolling contract doesn't allow tethering. But I've been doing it regularly without hassle.

O2's current data bolt-ons do include tethering, but they don't do an unlimited option.

Yes indeed, here we go again - someone else who argues against facts and truths because they don't want to take any personal responsibility.

Rational and reasonable are subjective, if you believe that a contract that excludes tethering is irrational or unreasonable then don't agree to one.
If you do then you have no-one to blame but yourself and all the moaning and arguments in the world won't change that.


As for your point, it's pointless.
Whether it makes a difference to the network or not is inconsequential, the are fully within their rights to exclude tethering and that's all that matters.

I'm not arguing whether or not contracts exclude it. They do indeed have a right to do so, in just the way they're allowed to say "no calls between 6pm and 8pm because we get congested". But I'm saying that it's ludicrous that they're excluding it, because it makes no difference.


What if they excluded calls to cable landlines unless you bought an add-on? Or calls to Three customers because it costs them more in terminating them? They would be within their rights to do so, but it would be petty and pointless.

Data is the new 'minutes' - it's the primary use of the contract and the networks learned pretty soon that "200 minutes" had to mean 200 minutes to anyone, anywhere in the UK.

In fact, data is different to minutes in an important respect. Who you phone DOES affect the network, because calls to landlines are cheaper to terminate than calls to mobile networks. But where the data is piped makes no difference, 1Gb to a phone is the same as 1Gb to a laptop.

I'm with you on this. Unlimited is different and I understand their point. A set amount shouldn't matter a damn, if you go over it then expect to pay of course. It's bizarre. I think customers in the US won a court battle over this recently.

Yes it's not unlimited but once you go over your allowance you will not be charged and can carry on using your data at reduced speeds.