Ken Restivo wrote: > They actually hire people to sit around and snoop people's UserAgent strings?
It's easy to automate since surfing non-SSL sites should send your HTTP headers in plain text, so they you can simply watch the packets and keep track of data counts, browsers, etc. for each wireless account. >> Their unlimited data plan used to be $20/month but they raised it to $30 >> for the new iPhone. Tethering adds even more because they expect that >> you'll be downloading much more data than users who don't tether. > > So "unlimited data" isn't "unlimited" at all? As far as I've seen, personally, it's unlimited. Of course, I tend not to tether my AT&T phone to my laptop and download ISO-sized files or anything. I'm sure if you reach a certain amount of traffic, they'll notice you. Last month I only downloaded about 60MB on my phone. > But I'm told that Sprint Metro PCS allows unlimited data, and tethering, for > US$60/mo That's slightly cheaper than AT&T then, who charges me $69/month for unlimited data plus tethering. -id _______________________________________________ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community