internet tethering with sprint htc hero

[safewithyou247]

So, I spoke to several Sprint Reps in customer retention the other day regarding the tethering issue. It appears that Sprint was involved in a law suit over the fact that they allowed thier customers to tether with thier phones. Apparently other carriers were not allowed to do this per FCC bandwidth constraints. They specifically corrected this issue with the Everything plans. They do have the ability to allow your phone to tether, but their systems will automatically reset it back to being blocked.

Can anyone confirm this info?

If this is true, then Sprint will not allow tethering at all. This does not preclude the hackers from allowing it though. I am sure a way will come soon enough. For now, I use PDAnet and it works well for me.

[Nutz455]

I don't have a Hero, I'm looking to get one. I currently have a Sprint Mogul which I got 2 yrs ago, specifically because it would tether. My company purchased my phone and pays for my plan, and it is my company that needs me to tether. We are a small company, and I need to tether a laptop only 6 days a month, for my job. So, we didn't want to pay the extra $60 per month, on top of my phone plan, to have a wireless card.

So, speaking to the Sprint tethering situation in general. I still tether mine the 6 days a month I need to, and have had zero problems or complaints from sprint.

I was looking in this thread, because I want a Hero, but I also MUST keep the tethering function for my job. Every sprint person I talk to either on the phone or at a store always tells me "Any smart phone on the Sprint network can be tethered to a computer" However, I find different info on various forums.

[quiqnezz]

Originally Posted by Nutz455

I don't have a Hero, I'm looking to get one. I currently have a Sprint Mogul which I got 2 yrs ago, specifically because it would tether. My company purchased my phone and pays for my plan, and it is my company that needs me to tether. We are a small company, and I need to tether a laptop only 6 days a month, for my job. So, we didn't want to pay the extra $60 per month, on top of my phone plan, to have a wireless card.

So, speaking to the Sprint tethering situation in general. I still tether mine the 6 days a month I need to, and have had zero problems or complaints from sprint.

I was looking in this thread, because I want a Hero, but I also MUST keep the tethering function for my job. Every sprint person I talk to either on the phone or at a store always tells me "Any smart phone on the Sprint network can be tethered to a computer" However, I find different info on various forums.

Needs to be rooted but yes you can tether just like you can on the mogul. Only problem I have run into is that it makes the battery really hot with alot of constant use having it plugged into a charger. But the Mogul seemed to have the same problem when I had it too and was much slower as well. I usually have to let it cool off a bit every now and then to continue to use it. USB charging while tethering doesn't seem to work too well either. I get an error stating something like it doesn't have enough current to charge.

The AC adapter works better but like I said it tends to get hot. I sometimes take the back cover off to let it cool faster.