[General Questions and Answers] shnn2011:
I'm sorry, but that makes no sense.

Your arguments answered in order . . .

Issue one:

You are saying that T-mobile is in the right subverting and spoofing DNS requests by third party web browsers running on an android device?

If you were right, T-mobile should just shut off all third party apps not made by them because they may be subversive. That would be totally against the whole point of an open source android phone. Its hard to think that a registered Linux user who supposedly supports open source would make that argument.

Issue two:

You state that if you don't agree with the TOS don't sign up. Well what else do we have when small business offering truly unlimited service are put out of business by sleazy practices Just read through the articles in 2600 http://www.2600.com and the various other truly free publications, and you will see attack after attack on these small companies. legalized by payoffs and or executed by "under the table" mafia style deals.

So where do we find a fair TOS?

In a system of checks and balances, the ultimate form of respect is when we question why something is the way it is, otherwise, you truly do not have respect for the system and want tyrannic totalitarian system.

Issue three:

you state that "An oversimplifcation. The cost of transmitting wireless data is FAR higher and bandwidth and backhaul limitations means a FAR higher chance of clogged pipes."

TCP/IP is TCP/IP, there is no difference what the device is. it is a language spoken by devices to transmit data across a network and is a set standard.

First off, although being a "Registered Linux user", you may have some knowledge of home networks and possibly lager LANS and or WANS, you clearly have a limited understanding of Network engineering on a large scale.

The backhaul is generally the least clogged portion of the network, not only this, but it can usually provide many times its ability which is why many times it is used as a redundant link for other services.

The portion of the network that has the potential of being clogged up "The Last Mile" is generally where the issue is, and there is a minimal issue here. Just look at other countries who successfully deployed fair ISP services.

If you would like to learn more about large scale networking I recommend the CCIE certification from Cisco systems: http://www.cisco.com/web/learning/netacad/index.html

Having said that, you are justifying a company selling 5GB of data and creating a condition where only a fraction of that could be used and your excuse is congestion??? When a person uses what he paid for, they have every right to use it.

I am not advocating theft, or even breech of contract. All I am saying is that T-Mobile is so paranoid that they are now blocking legitimate users and legitimate apps from working by means of spying on the communications.

And don't get me started on carrier I.Q. and why it is still running in the background (System Manager) after it is supposedly been opted out of.

Simply look up Wikipedia and see all of the eaves dropping Carrier I.Q. has done in its history. Wikipedia even reports key logging in some cases ! ! ! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrier_IQ

Once again I fully respect your opinion, and if you have a business interest in an ISP and want to rip off your customers that is fine its a free company as the saying goes, or perhaps for some reason, you think getting ripped off is a good thing.If so, Who am I to argue with you? In fact, I have some things I would like to sell you.