Originally Posted by solarsoccer10 (Post 144542)

when you make your phone a hotspot, with that wifi router program, does sprint still charge you for internet sharing

Originally Posted by prodigy215 (Post 146152)

Great question. I wonder whats the answer to this? In my eyes you shouldn't be able to get charge since its wifi, but i'm not 100% sure if Sprint is slick enough to charge for that when they shouldn't? It would be great if someone give a reply!

Originally Posted by bedoig (Post 146391)

If you have an unlimited data plan, and you are connecting through your normal Sprint PCS account (not "Phone as Modem") you shouldn't be charged. I'm new to sprint myself, so I can't say if you will be charged if you use the Phone as Modem connection. I thought I read that you shouldn't be able to dial in using the PAM account unless you actually sign up (and pay) for that, but I can connect via PAM on my phone and I don't have that option on my account. I am under a SERO plan though so I don't know if that makes a difference. Maybe someone else can clear this up a little more.

Bottom line though, if you make sure you connect through the "Sprint PCS" connection you shouldn't be charged.



I think he is asking about sharing his phone's Internet connection via WiFi, not just using a WiFi hotspot to access data on his phone. You will not be charged for accessing the internet through WiFi on your phone. If you don't have a data plan you do need to watch out for other things that would connect to Sprint's data service though. Weather programs, Instant Messengers, etc. will typically default to using the Sprint connection, not WiFi.