ian douglas wrote: > 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 > Instead of just tethering couldn't you set up a proxy server on your OM and since the user agent is in plain text, change firefox to minimo? I imagine the user agent signatures are pretty similar.
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