Sprint to Ban Tethering on Smartphones

What do you think about this?, How will it affect you?

From our friends at Phonenews.com
Written by Humberto Saabedra on October 29, 2009

Sprint executive David Owens has confirmed that the carrier will ban tethering on smart devices next year as a part of its future smart device development plans. The ban will be placed on smart devices activated on the carrier’s current lineup of Everything plans.

Other plans include Android OS updates for the HTC Hero and Samsung Moment, Android device with a built-in MiFi style router, BlackBerry Tour with Wi-Fi and other Wi-Fi enabled BlackBerry devices, testing of Windows Mobile 6.5 updates for the HTC Touch Pro2 and other Windows devices “plan for early 2010″ and WiMax phones.


Personally I already have an aircard but it still is not very comforting to think they can just disconnect you at a whim

That sucks if this is actually happens, I own an CDMA Hero and although I dont use tethering now I dont want it disabled either. I hope this device can be rooted at some point, maybe that would bypass a block on tethering....No?