[General Topics] faslane:
If you abuse the hotspot and tethering options by means not official through Tmobile they can catch you, throttle your speed and then if you still don't comly they can even change your plan based on how much data you've used on average. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!

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"T-Mobile US (NYSE:TMUS) said it is going to take action against a very small number of its customers who are abusing their unlimited data plans with mobile hotspot tethering services by warning them and then changing their plans if they continue to violate T-Mobile's terms of service. The carrier said it is taking the action to ensure that all customers on its network have a high-quality experience.

T-Mobile said a "fraction of a percent" of its customer base is abusing its network by sucking down huge amounts of data when using mobile hotspot services and are actively avoiding T-Mobile's detection of their activities. Customers on T-Mobile's $80 unlimited plan get an extra 7 GB of data usage for T-Mobile's mobile hotspot service. When customers cross over that limit their speeds are slowed down to 2G speeds for the remainder of their billing cycle, but customers can also pay an extra $10 per month to get an extra 2 GB of mobile hotspot data.

In a statement on its website, T-Mobile said it has "developed technology that can detect people who deliberately choose to break our terms and conditions." The customers who are violating its terms and conditions "use workarounds to conceal their tethering usage, and blow past their Smartphone Mobile HotSpot data -- sometimes up to 2 terabytes (that's 2,000 GB) a month -- and can compromise the network experience for other T-Mobile customers."

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Tmobile is cracking down on people who abuse hotspot so best to just buy extra data when/if you need it. If they catch you they will automatically adjust your plan after throttling it and you still continue to abuse it and they'll throttle it so bad/slow you'll want to add more data anyway so best just to buy extra data if you need it anyways

See this article taken from fierce wireless:

http://www.fiercewireless.com/story/...the/2015-08-31

"T-Mobile US (NYSE:TMUS) said it is going to take action against a very small number of its customers who are abusing their unlimited data plans with mobile hotspot tethering services by warning them and then changing their plans if they continue to violate T-Mobile's terms of service. The carrier said it is taking the action to ensure that all customers on its network have a high-quality experience.

T-Mobile said a "fraction of a percent" of its customer base is abusing its network by sucking down huge amounts of data when using mobile hotspot services and are actively avoiding T-Mobile's detection of their activities. Customers on T-Mobile's $80 unlimited plan get an extra 7 GB of data usage for T-Mobile's mobile hotspot service. When customers cross over that limit their speeds are slowed down to 2G speeds for the remainder of their billing cycle, but customers can also pay an extra $10 per month to get an extra 2 GB of mobile hotspot data.

In a statement on its website, T-Mobile said it has "developed technology that can detect people who deliberately choose to break our terms and conditions." The customers who are violating its terms and conditions "use workarounds to conceal their tethering usage, and blow past their Smartphone Mobile HotSpot data -- sometimes up to 2 terabytes (that's 2,000 GB) a month -- and can compromise the network experience for other T-Mobile customers."

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