anyone slinging while, tethering , . i ask because i am a professional who is on a travel source for at least 8 hours a week and would like tro spend a few hours a week slinging from my laptop. anyone doing this without charging

"slinging"?

yes slingbox usinf sling box. mobilr cleint doesnt really cut it , but whe using the evdo through the phone very acceptable

Sounds like one of the "grey areas" for data usage. If Sprint (my provider) ever said anything, I'd respond 'fine, I'll just sling via EVDO/1x 18 hrs a day (from my phone). Fine with me.

I use over a gig a month just watching my Slingbox. That's why I pay for UNLIMITED data. Teathering should be no different.

I agree, now we have to get Sprint to think that way.

yo are 100% right , I pay for UNLIMITED so i have unlimited. my contract says this and that is what i get , thank you

I guess this topic will bring out those who will say using too much data is abusing the service. I do agree that abuse of any data service is not a good idea, but if you teather your PPC to your PC to use web/slingbox/music all you are really doing is using the data connection to display on a larger screen. What's the harm in that?

Now if you are hosting your friggin website using the phone's data connection, I agree the service provider should do something about it, but not for using services that essentially require unlimited data (slingbox, XM/Sirius, etc).

I say do it until they say something. Then explain to them you are using an application that was designed for the phone. A similar topic came up over on tc.com...people were getting letters from Sprint concerning their high data usage...all they told them was they were using Pocket Tunes/MobiTV to stream radio stations. Sprint then left them alone.

I tether and sling through my laptop. Stanley Cup time!!!
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Never been charged a dime above $15 powervision monthly fee.