| No More $20 Fee To Use Your Phone As Mobile Hotspot On Verizon Social Barrel The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has just issued an order that has essentially laid to waste efforts from Verizon Wireless to stop using your smartphone as mobile hotspot on the nation's largest wireless carrier by subscribers. The order in ... See all stories on this topic » |  Social Barrel |
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As GigaOm first reported, Verizon initially blocked the apps because it currently charges customers $20 a month to use the mobile hotspot feature on their smartphones. In July 31 statement, the FCC puffed out its chest and declared justice served. "Today's ...
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Verizon has prevented tethering apps from appearing in the Google Play Store because those apps allow users to sidestep its $20 monthly Mobile Hotspot feature. The FCC says blocking the apps is a violation of terms Verizon agreed to when it purchased C ...
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| Mobile hotspots for all: Verizon settles with FCC for $1.25M, must allow tethering ... VentureBeat Verizon Wireless charges customers $20 a month to use the mobile hotspot feature on their phone, which allows them to share Internet access with other devices. But plenty of Android apps, like PDANet, also do the same thing for free, and it wasn't too long ... See all stories on this topic » |  VentureBeat |
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FreedomPop, a mobile data MVNO preparing to launch in the US, has started accepting orders on its website for a new device that turns an Apple iPod Touch into a mobile hotspot. The iPod Touch 4G Sleeve snaps on to an iPod Touch and enables the user ...
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