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Doughgeek wrote:If you look

Submitted by D15AV0W3D on Sat, 11/03/2007 - 5:13pm.

Doughgeek wrote:
If you look at the terms of service you'll find that there are plenty of data usages that are not allowed over a cell phone connection. P2P is one example, but most of your high bandwidth applications are technically prohibited. This doesn't necessarily mean those applications are blocked, but if you get caught using them (via amount of data used or who knows what) they have a contractual right to terminate your service. Not everyone at these companies agrees with these policies, but those people don't tend to be the ones with the power. Sucks, huh?

Cingular (AT&T) has similar terms of service. I guess it just hasn't caught their attention. I don't game all day and night, so I really am not taking the service very far from what it was intended. On the contrary, ICS was built into a mobile data phone that has been one of the flagship devices for AT&T (the Blackjack), which was intended for the exact purpose for which I'm using it. I think those terms of service are to prevent someone from having it connected 24/7 and downloading unreasonable amounts of data. What that tells me, is that even if they did look at the data coming through my Blackjack (which they easily can, and perhaps already have), and saw that it was data that a Blackjack itself probably wouldn't be using, which of course would lead them to believe I had it connected w/ my laptop or desktop PC, I doubt they'd have a problem with it.

This also is likely to be dependent on the user's location. If a user was in a high-usage area where bandwidth for data and voice is at a premium, then the service provider would cut down on "unauthorized" usage, by terminating service, or any other means necessary. I doubt H'ville is in that state.

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