When the fuck did a mobile hotspot become something you have to pay extra for?

It’s my goddamn motherfucking mobile data and MY PHONE. I should be able to use it however I want. My wifi went down because the greedy, cunt-faced shitbags at Comcast stole taxpayer subsidies to enrich themselves instead of actually providing the service we’re paying for. I tried to switch to a mobile hotspot and my phone refuses to open one. Everyone responsible for this shit should be fed to alligators locked away in a fucking gulag. We have no rights and live in a corporate plutocracy.

spiritedpause,

github.com/pyamsoft/tetherfi

LaxMotive,

Just downloaded it and I’m already sharing my connection with my tablet. Beautiful! Thank you so much for the link!

erie09,

This is a game changer for me! Thank you

Boinketh,

Awesome! I’ll be sure to give it a shot when I have the chance.

donut4ever, (edited )

The hero we need. Wow, I never knew this app existed. I’ll make sure to suck T-Mobile’s network dry. I always need it but I’m capped at 7GB.

Edit: also just donated the whole $4 I have on Google rewards to this app. Thank you for this.

thanevim,

Does this one handle https connectivity properly? I know that EasyTether failed in this without paying, and I couldn't get it to work for anything...

Boinketh,

Doesn’t work for me :(

Kerrigor,
Kerrigor avatar

Because the Republican party wants it this way. They've burned down net neutrality at every possible opportunity because it doesn't affect them; they barely understand how to send an email, much less connect a device to Wi-Fi without calling their offspring to do it for them.

SuperSleuth,

Here are a few examples that could support the claim that Republicans have opposed net neutrality regulations:

  • In 2017, the Republican-controlled FCC under chairman Ajit Pai repealed the net neutrality rules that had been put in place during the Obama administration. This allowed ISPs more freedom to throttle or prioritize certain content and services.
  • Congressional Republicans have generally opposed legislation to restore net neutrality rules. In 2018, the Senate passed a bill to reinstate the rules, but it did not advance in the Republican-controlled House.
  • Major broadband providers like Comcast and Verizon have historically donated more to Republican politicians than Democrats. Republicans have received criticisms that these donations sway their positions against net neutrality rules.

Here are some sources that could counter or provide an alternative perspective to the claim that Republicans uniformly oppose net neutrality:

  • The conservative advocacy group FreedomWorks supported the 2017 FCC net neutrality repeal under Ajit Pai. However, they opposed a bill in 2012 that they argued would have given the government too much control over the internet. This illustrates more nuanced positions.
  • Former Senator John Thune (R-SD) proposed net neutrality legislation in 2015 that attempted to find a middle ground. It would have banned blocking and throttling but avoided heavier utility-style regulations advocated by Democrats. This demonstrated a more moderate Republican approach.
  • Polls indicate Republican voters are nearly as supportive of net neutrality protections as Democrats and independents. A 2018 poll by the University of Maryland found 86% of Republicans opposed the FCC repeal. This suggests public opinion within the party is mixed.

As for your last point, you act like any of those dinosaurs know how to.

Reborn2966,

it happened in Italy too, it stayed up less than a year than thay made it illegal

NoStressyJessie,

They say it doesn’t affect them, but then they cry censorship when their chud-services are slow and treated like D-Grade refuse by their ISP.

It was annoying hearing all the conservatives arguing against net neutrality with such timeless classics as “Government Regulation only makes things worse” as an excuse to get rid of the regulation that helped protect them.

Other greatest hits include defanging the CFPB then getting mad when the private company BBB can’t do anything about their shady pool cleaning service charging them for services that were skipped.

recursivesive,

The day (North) American people realize: they live just to feed corporations’ greed, lobbying is just legal bribery, their government doesn’t give a flying fuck about them, most developed countries’ offering and protection is miles further away from what they have… they won’t do shit. Because the system works as it’s intended to. Maybe ask to bring American freedom to America? 🦅 🇺🇸

Sarcastik,

I’m an American and I support this message.

ram,
@ram@lemmy.ca avatar

Canadian and I concur

jcg,

Sagittarius and I wholeheartedly agree

IverCoder,

Idk, but here in the Philippines we don’t have any law that prevents telcos from doing the same, yet literally every telco allows mobile hotspot usage without restrictions or extra charges. Same for almost every other things American telcos do to fuck up their customers. America probably needs more telco company competition.

In the meantime, you can try TetherFi and see if it works for you.

roon,
@roon@lemmy.ml avatar

Just use USB tethering my dude

JudahBenHur,

Good god… That’s utter horse shit

hup,

When we lost the first fight for net neutrality.

BakedGoods,

Your problem seems to be that you are residing in the U.S

PutangInaMo,

I’m in the US and don’t have to pay to do this. They tried to charge for it like 10 years ago but I’ve never seen it attempted since.

Sounds like it’s OPs carrier.

fat_stig,

When I was living in the UK 10 years ago, the 3 mobile company actually blocked anyone from tethering on their network, not sure if this is still the case. They had a banging unlimited data package that was very popular, but they realised pretty quickly that unlimited data + tethering was a recipe for financial ruin so they tightened the noose and stopped it.

Eufalconimorph,

This is only the case if you buy a phone from your carrier (that they’ve customized to disable hotspot without you paying extra) instead of from a phone manufacturer directly. Carriers doing that isn’t as common outside the US, but it’s not an inherently location-based thing. I’m in the US and (due to buying phones from the manufacturer) I can use mobile hotspot without paying any extra even though my carrier would normally require that.

RealThunderhop,
@RealThunderhop@lemmy.world avatar

I’m a little late, but I have an unlocked s20+, and I can’t use tethering either. I’ve tried on numerous networks. I have to use workarounds. From my research my phone is not the only one that has this issue. Apparently oneplus and google phones can do it though.

InvaderDJ,

Not just living in the US. I’m thinking they’re on some legacy plan where just using mobile hotspots were extra.

On my kind of old t-mobile plan, I can use hotspot. And when I was a grandfathered Verizon plan I could use it too. Same with the MVNO I played around with a few months ago.

There are limits though, which is BS. But just using it to get through a temporary residential internet outage is included in a lot of plans in the US.

oij2,

Why would you run such a gimped operating system on a device in your own house? Or like… can’t you just get a phone with a normal system? Why does the ISP even have a say in this? Or do you have to pay them to use your own toilet too? Because that is equally as absurd

Boinketh,

I didn’t know they were going to fuck with my OS in that way when I bought the phone. It’s impossible to keep track of all the different ways various companies are trying to fuck me over from every angle at all times.

Delusional,

It was always an extra paid option for me back in the day. Had to jailbreak the phone to use it. These days it’s just available now for free.

justastranger,

I use EasyTether to use my unlimited data as a USB hotspot for my PC. Works like a charm but requires a bit of setup in the developer settings.

alexthelion335,

Who do you have that locks you out of the hotspot function?

FrankTheHealer,

This is wild. I live in Ireland. For €12.99 a month, I get 200GBs of data, unlimited texts and calls to other mobile phones in Ireland.

I use my hotspot A LOT and have never paid extra for it lol. I can’t imagine paying more for it.

float,

AFAIK an unlocked phone can hotspot no matter what. My plan does not include mobile hotspot data and yet I use it all the time.

RealThunderhop,
@RealThunderhop@lemmy.world avatar

Not true for all phones. I have an unlocked s20+ that does not allow it. My phone is not the only either. Oneplus and google phones can though.

fadhl3y,

Can a carrier block your use of hotspot if you bought the phone from a 3rd party? Isn’t this the case that when you get a carrier subsidized phone they mess with it to keep you locked to the carrier?

AphoticDev,

They can detect you’re using a hotspot, if you don’t configure the devices connecting to hide it. But without it being one of their phones, they wouldn’t have any software barrier to prevent it. They could, however, merely apply a charge to your account.

daniskarma,

Is this an American thing I’m too European to understand.

Are you really paying to just activate wifi hotspot? How is thst justifiable by any means?

AnUnusualRelic,
@AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world avatar

In the US, anything that can be sold, will be.

TheControlled,

Except public restrooms. Fuck you, rest of planet Earth, we win! 🇺🇲🇺🇲 🖕🖕

Naveen000can,

I would rather pay for that because i don’t like my restrooms being peepable

TheControlled,

Big Bathroom shill

jnato90,

Not American, but funny enough from what I’ve seen, apparently it’s a thing. For my service it’s usually been assumed with no extra fees. But I bought an ESim for Europe and I did notice that while shopping around, probably 1/5 companies had mentioned something about no hotspot/tethering allowed without paying an extra fee.

Where I’m from our Teleco plans are truly shit but I guess we have that over the Americans.

Crozekiel,

How is any of the crap they and isps in general do justifiable? Charging overages for data?? I guess I missed the part where they have a big ol data tank they are supplying us from that might run dry… It’s all fucking horseshit. You either have the infrastructure to provide the speeds you’ve promised to every customer you’ve promised it to, or you don’t. Get out of my ass, Cox.

recursivesive,

Cuz 'merican vampires.

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