Discussion: I have several questions regarding the Sprint Touch Pro.

"I want to know why I can't connect my phone to my laptop when there is a shared internet icon under programs? I don't want to have to pay sprint more money to get my phone as a modem, I would like to know if there is a way to hack into my phone to get it to work in that matter. I want to know if you could help me out. If you know any info on how to use my Sprint Touch Pro in that fashion. I would like to be able to do away with my internet service that I have through cable. I feel I pay enough money to sprint to be able to use my phone and share the internet between the two. I you could please help me I would greatly appreciate it. "

"Do you type that link into the internet browser on the Sprint Touch Pro cell phone to get it to work on what? I would like to know this before I try it by myself and it does not succeed. I would greatly appreciate it if you could get back to me in a timely manner."

"A couple things about tethering, Number one , it is against your user agreement with Sprint, without a dedicated tethering plan. ( I hate the phone companies as much as everyone else and I am not the data police, so I don't really care. Just want you to know what " can " happen,) If they look at a spike in data usage on your phone, and suspect tethering, they can cancel your plan, charge your for any subsidies on your phone and charge you per KB for the data that you used. Big Bill. Read this :http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=477071

Also you apparently are a lot younger than I am, and have probably grown up with Broadband. Do you have any idea how slow and laboring using your dial up on your phone as your only internet portal will be? The bandwidth coming through your phone is a fraction of your cable bandwith, Hope you have alot of time on your hands when working with the internet."

"Read the fine print in the service agreement for the unlimited plan. It expressly prohibits tethering, and uses that as the grounds for termination. the difference between the amount of data that you can download using your pda and the amount of data that you can download in the same period of time with your laptop is VERY noticeable. You don't have to reach your gig limit for them to suspect tethering. They don't know what you download, but they do know how much and in what time period, now with all the customers they have, they don't do the math on every account, but they could.

As far as the PR nightmare goes, everyone knows that tethering is against the rules on a regular data plan, unlimited means unlimited calls, texts, MMS and pda data. Why do you think everyone is so sneaky about it. I understand that AT$T even blocks your connection with internet sharing through your IMSI unless you have a tethering plan.

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"This is cut and pasted from the Terms of Use Agreement that you and everyone else signed when they bought their phone. The fact that people sign stuff without reading it first, gives them no legal right to dispute it.

"Except with phone-as-modem plans, you may not use a phone (including a Bluetooth phone) on a plan with unlimited Vision/Power Vision as a modem in connection with a computer, PDA, or similar device. We reserve the right to deny or terminate service without notice for any misuse. Availability of downloadable or streaming content is subject to change."

Sprint also lists a " Phone as Modem " plan, that is separate from their simply everything plan, for $15 per month.
If tethering was part of the data plan, why would they list this as an option?

I think people would have a hard time covincing anyone that they ran up a $1000 tethering bill because Sprint mis-led them.

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