[General Topics] dani26286:
about at&t tether issue

first off, if this is the wrong place to post this, i apologise in advance, feel free to do whatever you choose with it, but please read it to the end...

with that said, im searching for answers, and just out of curiosity, and the fact that any kind of abuse enrages me, i came back to xda for feedback, since i know each and everyone here is a passionate entuziast about quality innovative software that some carriers try to trash as they do.

so, the general opinion is that tethering while rooted is an abuse to the carrier. hidden or luxury fees and taxes, and requiring a fee to tether, while one or more carriers does not...is that not called an abuse?

with that in mind, after i read the article in the following link, http://phandroid.com/2011/03/18/illegal-iphone-tetherers-on-at-android-users-next/#comment-371718 , and then answered with my honest opinion, i think i got censored for my free right to speak and express my opinion, as a human being.

earlier tonight i posted 2 comments on phandroid, that appeared fine at the beginning, but then, disappeared later on, specifically #96 and #98, who got replaced with others.

please stay with me, its long, but if we allow them to be like this, they will only take advantage more and more. as follows:

"96.dani26286 wrote on March 18,2011

the following does not intend to offend and/or discriminate anybody, it will be my honest opiinion on this issue, if you would kindly allow me to do so:

1) a business provides a model and/or product (in most cases) and presents a way to sell it, for profit, of course. fair!

2) the consumer revises the presented offer, and agrees to pay or not for the requested fees. in most cases the ongoing consumer of the said service is required to sign a contract, for whatever reason. ~fair!

3) the established parameters are then obligated under law, through the said contract, to not be breached by any of the included parties. fair! it is actually the base of any productive society, at any kind of level.

4)we all know how poor the law is being managed at times, so some businesses use this as an excuse to abuse a potential consumer's budget, going after their ignorance mostly. fact!

it is unbelievable to me how a relatively new concept as "tether", is used by some business models to add an extra fee to what is already paid for, just for a little extra profit. it is understandable to cap the bandwidth, everything has a limit, but dont make the consumer pay for your lack of resources, to manage an internet based mobile device, that has the capacity to transfer my already paid data to a third, fourth..."n" ' th device of my choosing, and hide it under the concept of tether fees. the channels and software i use to manage my devices in my own home and for my personal use are of no concern to nobody.

in this society 51% percent rules over 41%, no matter who is morally right, or not, so for a business to even exist it has to tone down to the will of the majority of its consumers/costumers, but if some costumers are ignorant in regard to the entire state of what they're required to pay for, some business models just use that as an advantage to make more profit.

for those who say tethering is stealing, i beg to differ. if i agree to pay for what is called unlimited data these days, but not even, whatever amount of data, and u as a carrier decide to cap it, cuz of lack of resources at one point, and then ask me for more money if i want more data, and bla, bla, bla, i could understand that, you cant handle the traffic, it makes sense, i need your service, you need my money, but when u as a business hide your money hunger under whatever offer, and then decide to charge an extra fee to what is already paid for using the concept of tether as an excuse...who is stealing now, and abusing? do u call that fair business or a big all tasteless rip-off someone who dont know better?

gimme a freakin break with this bs yo!!!

97.Brent wrote on March 18,2011

My friend and i use android, and some of them tether (even some one that work for tmobile). But your data plan that you buy is just for your phone. They sell My-Fi devices at verizon, sprint and tmobile for those who want to run their laptop. i never want to cheat my carrier because they provide a good service.

98.dani26286 wrote on march 18, 2011

@Brent

what u call cheating i call full use of a feature my device comes with, limited by carriers who truly cheat by making me pay extra just for that...double standard! i know the mentality behind this: ow, it's new, lets make an extra buck of it.

loyalty for good service? i pay for what u advertise to provide, that's it, witch in at least half of the time doesn't happen. so if i agree with your lack of resources, that u dont advertise, cuz its not good business, why dont you agree with my tethering my device for my own needs and comfort? what i choose to do with it is of no concern to nobody, as i said.

and where is the loyalty for the consumer? behind some of the hidden fees and taxes, im sure...no wait, its behind the fees of something as brilliant and innovative as tethering. lets trash that concept to with bs, cuz a couple of extra bucks doesnt sound bad, right? really brilliant manner to keep and get costumers that after that should potentialy become consumers. "

present comment #97 should of been #99 with the above added.

ow i got screenshots to, cuz as is , i find it extremely rude, for who ever cares to see, later on.

what do u guys say, cuz here i know there is no political influence, but pure passion for good software and hardware, in this case, internet mobile devices...

thank you, and sorry if i happen to post this in the wrong place...