Bypass 3G service limitations

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2. there's no way that the service provider can tell if the device is acting as a wifi hotspot - all they can see that the phone is using data. their only clue is the bandwidth - if you're using up 5gb in a day, then you're probably not playing candy crush. the service provider can't access the phone to see which services are running.

Don't be so sure. Dutch ISP(s) got into trouble because they were using deep packet inspection. I doubt they hold back much in other countries.

It isn't very hard (for example) to detect a phone browser compared to a desktop / whatever browser.

It's not like all your traffic is encrypted.

(Mind you, I personally use tethering quite a bit while my phone plan doesn't allow it. Never got in trouble. Still, claiming that you're perfectly safe and they don't know anything is hopelessly naive. Apparently, ISPs have a tendency to cap your bandwidth if you're using BitTorrent and such, too.)

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