Whats the worse that could happen???

[mcbain]

Over here in OZ, you have to top up every month with most carriers. Say you get a $100 prepaid 'voucher' (you already have the sim) which gives you $1000 credit on this particular carrier, if you dont use all of that credit and you DONT 'top up' within 30 days of activating the 'voucher' you lose whatever credit you didnt use.

[Jayshmay]

Originally Posted by RobtWms

AT&T can be rather Draconian. They can tell whether you're using your phone to "tether" a laptop. (not sure how, device name perhaps or volume of data)

They don't want you using their MediaNet plan, but they want you to pay extra for a "tethering" plan.

I swear, this whole distinction AT&T has between internet on a "regular phone", "smartphone" tethering, and so on, really makes me furious, because websites look the same, they claim it's different, personally I do a combination of both viewing web pages on my N95-3, and tethering to my laptop, not 100% tethering. I'm guessing those terms and conditions they have is to protect against super excessive use of people who download tons of music over limewire, or whatever other websites.

Btw, have you noticed that web browsing using the usb cable tethering is way, way slower than web browsing right on the phone itself? It really frustrates me that it's not the same speed. On my n95-3 I use Opera Mini 4.2 for most of my web browsing.

[vineshdark]

i got the unlimited internet and email package from 3. so far i think its the best add on you can buy. :D i spend around 300-500mb each month. never had any warning :) from 3

[gavinguinness]

I wonder if this move, by O2, will result in non tethering tariffs being blocked or costing more than regular Data?