PDANet tethering charges?

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Just wondering, has anyone on Sprint who is using any form of tethering been able to confirm and charges for use with or without a PAM plan? I have tried ICS and PDANet and both work perfectly, PDANet claims to be "under the radar" to Sprint but I would like some outside party to confirm this :)

yep, pdanet fools the network to think that you are using the phone to surf (which is fine) and that means u DO NOT need the PAM plan.

Yeah I can confirm this. It works AMAZING! No charges. I wouldn't recommend downloading MP3's or anything like that because you don't want to throw up any red flags. In other words I definitely wouldn't want to ditch my residential DSL for this, but browsing should still be fine.

Hmm so Sprint know if you're using Internet Sharing App even if you ask it to connect to the Sprint Vision vs Phone as Modem? Well I'm keeping my fingers cross and hope that they don't I actually like that program, makes tethering so much easier.

Originally Posted by alau1158

I actually like that program, makes tethering so much easier.

im guessing you havent used PDANet, lol

Originally Posted by defaultdotxbe

im guessing you havent used PDANet, lol

I've used it and happen to think it's great. How come you don't seem to like it?

Originally Posted by daclothe

I've used it and happen to think it's great. How come you don't seem to like it?

i like PDAnet a lot, despite the fact that i have to soft reset my phone to get the PC app to see it

alau was referring (i think) to the internet sharing app in WM6, and said it was easy to use, i was basically stating PDAnet is just as easy (if not easier) to use

yep finally hearing you guys raving pdanet so much i decided to give it a shot and you know what... it's easy. the only reason why i haven't tried it sooner is because i only tether my phone to my computer on occations actually it's just to my carputer and since i don't have active sync installed on that it's kind of hard, but now that i know better

Thanks guys
-Alan

Originally Posted by alau1158

Hmm so Sprint know if you're using Internet Sharing App even if you ask it to connect to the Sprint Vision vs Phone as Modem? Well I'm keeping my fingers cross and hope that they don't I actually like that program, makes tethering so much easier.

Sprint knows if you're tethering using Internet Sharing. The point of programs like PDANet and USB Modem is that they mask the tethering so Sprint can't tell.

Sprint (and other carriers) detecting tether...

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For info only... please verify these findings for yourself.

Sprint and other carriers use the NAI info from your handset to determine whether you're surfing from the handset or using another device to tunnel (or tether).

Disabling multi-NAI will prevent the carrier from detecting your usage type and should prevent any charges to your account due to tethering.

Instructions for disabling multi-NAI are available on the forum and the WIKI.

Cheers,

Mick