Child Item

Site Totals

61432 Questions Answered 270 Categories

Using the Droid X as a modem for a laptop or desktop

I was told by a Verizon rep that to use the Droid X as a modem, tethered to a laptop or desktop, via USB cable that you need a the monthly data plan at $29.99 plus another $39.99 per month to use the Droid as a modem. I'm not sure if this is correct or not since there are nnumerous sites that describe in detail how to do this for free, legally. Any thoughts???

Comments

runnman

I read it a bit differently...

$29.99 SmartPhone Data Plan plus $30/month when tethered. More than I would care to pay!

http://www.verizonwireless.com/b2c/mobilebroadband/?page=products_connect

Let me know if I am incorrect.

PJNC284

There are no free AND legal ways to tether (aside from the Palm Pre Plus). It's one or the other. Yes you can go the legal route and pay verizon $20 for 2GB of usage with the mobile hotspot in addition to the $29.99 that you pay for data on the phone itself. Or you can go the free route but you're violating your TOS and don't really have a leg to stand on if you go overboard on the usage and get caught. That said, I'm using the latter since I have the original Droid and Verizon apparently has no desire to offer a "legal" method.

Palmer5555

Hmmm, let me rephrase that. Yes, I do plan on paying for the unlimited data plan through Verizon and using the {edit for TOS violation} for the tether ($20 one time fee). Why Verizon needs to charge another $30 per month for that feature makes little sense. There are a few programs that I use, securities trading software, that needs a lot more screen area. I do have a wireless broadband modem for the laptop and it works fine but if I pick up a Droid X and use a tether this will save a considerable amount of $$$ per year since I can use the Droid X as a modem and a phone and have to carry less. I don't plan on stealing anything.

williewc

its $20 a month for tethering, not a one time fee, and it only gets you 2gb worth of data on your laptop/computer then they start charging overage, where you are getting the 29.99 fee from i dont have a clue

you pay for your service and add in 29.99 for the smartphone data plan and another $20 a month for tethering, thats it

Child Item