From MacRumors discussion:
"Unlimited" means "around 5GB or so". Multiple months of ~5GB transfer will result in nasty phone calls, them looking deeper in to your account, or both.
"Unlimited" means "around 5GB or so". Multiple months of ~5GB transfer will result in nasty phone calls, them looking deeper in to your account, or both.
And if you have an emergency, who cares if you get nasty phone calls? This is a great budget emergency solution.
(Not that I disagree with you, just pointing out why this is an issue...AT&T can and has charged people who've tethered without the right plan for the data they used..and it's not pretty.)
iPhone with a rip-off data-plan and budget solution in the same sentence? Steve Jobs' RDF is indeed strong with this crowd.
Obviously, I would highly recommend having a better backup solution in place, but if shit hits the fan and you have to connect to computer A to remote location server B, this seems like an OK option. Do you have any other ideas? Please share - can't have too many backup plans :).
Seriously...this is like debating with the people who think it's okay to bring Tupperware to an all-you-can-eat buffet.
It's more like management kicking you out after they've felt you've had "all-you-can-eat".
Whether it is ethical to enforce a no-tether policy is a separate debate.