Family share data including tablets?

[OWybPPgO]

We asked at the Verizon store yesterday if you can put tablets on the upcoming family data plans and they said no, phones only. This is a disappointment because between my $30 data plan and our $20 tablet plan we'd be well on our way to whatever they decide to charge for the shared data plans.

Has anyone heard anything like this?

 

[TheKimberly]

Go to the app store and download FOXFI on your phone. It's free internet. I connect my ipad and laptop regularly. I canceled hot spot I was paying $30 monthly. Foxfi works like a charm everytime!

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[Super_Mario]

Go to the app store and download FOXFI on your phone. It's free internet. I connect my ipad and laptop regularly. I canceled hot spot I was paying $30 monthly. Foxfi works like a charm everytime!

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^^and this is why we have tiered data now.

They haven't announced the details of the plans, so there's no telling what is covered yet.

 

[TheKimberly]

I'm new to the forums. So, I'm going to be nice I'm not the one to blame tiered plans. Free apps for wi-fi has been around since the blackberry was a new hot smart phone (many years ago). I finally gave in and dropped my hot spot after reading an article on Android Central about foxfi. Blame this wonderful site, but don't be blaming me.

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[Super_Mario]

I wasn't blaming you. You're not the only one that uses these free tethering apps. But because people abuse it, the carriers saw fit to eliminate this problem by giving a data allowance. So no, I wasn't blaming just you.

 

[freeky1]

I can't use the mobile data on my phone and my tablet at the same time, so I don't feel like it's stealing when I tether my tablet to my phone. If I didn't have a free app that allowed tethering, I would just pull the 4g sim card out of my Bionic and stick it in my Xoom, which works perfectly too!

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