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[ale] Moving my phone into the 20th Century
- Subject: [ale] Moving my phone into the 20th Century
- From: splante at insightsys.com (Scott Plante)
- Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2013 11:24:43 -0400 (EDT)
- In-reply-to: <CADT30qVTw7X6jTEN8qRM=dWGza0H__oJy2KtfdQvC4b9e=yPyg@mail.gmail.com>
Charles Shapiro wrote: "Most 3rd-party ROMS will allow you to do tethering or personal wifi right from the OS; Verizon's build of Android has this feature disabled."
Actually, that's no longer true--Verizon does allow tethering and personal wifi hotspots directly now. It was due to a settlement with the FCC.
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1035_3-57485518-94/what-verizons-fcc-tethering-settlement-means-to-you-faq/
Still, there are lots of other reasons to use Cyanogen. Free tethering is just no longer one of them.
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