When it comes to sharing your smartphone's data plan, there are two options, mobile hotspot and USB tethering, but which is ...

It's illegal to tether an animal outdoors overnight, from 11 p.m. to 6 a.m., under the amendment signed Monday.

T-Mobile UK has quietly removed the option for customers on its only unlimited data plan to tether to other devices, which could be a sign that operators are struggling to find a cost-effective way to ...

U.S. carriers have started blocking an app that allows Android smartphone users free wireless tethering for other web-ready devices. The application, "Wireless Tether for Root Users," is still ...

Tethering: It’s one of the most convenient features your smartphone has, yet carriers insist on restricting it. Tethering most often refers to using your smartphone as a mobile hotspot. In other words ...

Verizon's recently announced deal with the FCC means subscribers can stop paying extra for Wi-Fi tethering. CNET's Marguerite Reardon aka Ask Maggie explains who benefits and who doesn't. Marguerite ...

Few topics I have written about have generated such strong responses from readers as my recent article about tethering, and how carriers are going to be cracking down on those who abuse it. I still ...

Longtime AT&T customer Evan Shapiro still has one of the carrier’s old unlimited data plans, but AT&T seemingly doesn’t want him to keep it. Shapiro received a letter from AT&T last month telling him ...

With some unauthorized hacks, you can share your smartphone’s internet connection with other devices, free of charge — and AT&T has had enough of that. On the iPhone, for example, the hack MyWi has ...