will official VZW OTA JB kill or block "free" hotspot tethering?

[badkitties]

will official VZW OTA Jelly Bean update for Galaxy Nexus kill or block "free" hotspot tethering?

 

[Ry]

Probably not.

Or it's too early to tell.

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[CynicalDreams81]

Re: will official VZW OTA JB kill or block "free" hotspot tetheri

I don't believe it will. There was an article on here last month or so stating there was a ruling or something against Verizon that they cannot block these apps due to stipulations when they purchased certain spectrums. I really don't recall all the details.

 

[Andrew Ruffolo]

will official VZW OTA Jelly Bean update for Galaxy Nexus kill or block "free" hotspot tethering?

Still works... Google wallet in the market now says that its not compatible, so I won't be able to update that through there anymore.

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[FramCire]

will official VZW OTA Jelly Bean update for Galaxy Nexus kill or block "free" hotspot tethering?

They can't stop you from downloading the app.

http://m.lifehacker.com/5933152/the-right-to-tether-what-the-verizonfcc-settlement-means-to-you


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[xFORTRESSx]

Works fine here.

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[chris4404]

Re: will official VZW OTA JB kill or block "free" hotspot tetheri

I don't believe it will. There was an article on here last month or so stating there was a ruling or something against Verizon that they cannot block these apps due to stipulations when they purchased certain spectrums. I really don't recall all the details.

Exactly, also Verizon knew they couldn't keep them blocked forever so that's why they've moved to capped data plans. Now they want you to use the tethering apps so you'll hopefully have overages and they make more money.

I really hope the few of us left with unlimited plans know how golden our phones are.