[dukhunter99]

I found a software package on Crackberry called Tetherberry. I have the Blackberry Plan through Verizon Wireless which allows unlimited use of the internet as long as it is directly on the phone. I have to pay and additional $30.00 per month to be able to tether it to my labtop and acces the internet. Even then, I only get 5 gigs of downloads per month. This Tetherberry looks like it by-passes Verizon and allows me to connect to the internet through the Blackberry Data Plan. Has anyone seen or used this. I'm seriously considering purchasing it. It's only a one time $45.00 fee with no tethering charges. Sounds to good to be true

I can't leave the link so I will leave the domain to the site:
tetherberry.com

[Triforce66]

they had it half price yesterday.. I saw a posting on slickdeals.. there was mixed opinions on it..

[DrScottyB]

This is setting off my Too-Good-To-Be-True alarm. The only thing adding legitimacy to Tetherberry is that it's not free...

But that's how scams work. I doubt it works, but if you try it, post your findings.

[dukhunter99]

I looked into it some more and have discovered mixed reviews. I read more bad than good. The too good to be true prevails again!

[fonejunkie]

One more thing... trust me on this... you may escape the need to pay for the tethered data... FOR A WHILE... but they always catch you eventually... and it's just not worth it.

And I can't speak for Sprint and their TOS, but I know that AT&T has the authority in cases of TOS violations to cancel your contract AND charge you the ETF... (and they may still bill you for the data usage...)

[orangepeel]

Originally Posted by DrScottyB

This is setting off my Too-Good-To-Be-True alarm. The only thing adding legitimacy to Tetherberry is that it's not free...

But that's how scams work. I doubt it works, but if you try it, post your findings.

First let me say that I don't use Tetherberry because you will probably get busted sooner or later,and it will cost too much money to take the chance,BUT it does work.I played with it on a trial just to see what my speeds would be on Verizon compared to my Sprint data card that I use.The only people (for the most part)that will have problems with the program are people that don't know what they are doing as far as problem solving,or they are in a bad EVDO reception area.As I'm sure you already know,tethering can be tricky even when you're paying for it and running Verizon/Sprint/AT&T software if you're in a fringe area.If the BB phone had an external antenna port you could plug into it and that problem would be solved....although you may need an amp to really reach out a few miles for a good signal.

These programs are nothing new,PDAnet has had a software out for years for Winmo,and Palm,and now for BB.

[orangepeel]

Originally Posted by fonejunkie

One more thing... trust me on this... you may escape the need to pay for the tethered data... FOR A WHILE... but they always catch you eventually... and it's just not worth it.

Words of wisdom.It won't be pretty when you get a $2000 bill FOR ONE MONTH in the mail,just to save $350 a year.

[Kamau]

Good luck with it.
I've had mine for about 6 or 7 months, and never got it to work. I always got an error message saying "invalid pointer", then "unable to communicate with blackberry".
I am glad you brought it up though, because it reminded me to delete it from my system.