Cannot tether without paying fee?

Question

After the FCC, Verizon settlement concerning Verizon's practice of charging for enabling the ability for phones to tether, I thought I was fine. However, since the latest update, I have been unable to tether my device. Every time I attempt to do so, it says it is "checking my subscription status" and then informs me I don't have the plan that covers this "service" (a service which my phone, not Verizon, is performing). I figured I would check here to see if there is something I can do to correct this issue rather than going immediately to the FCC to complain about Verizon's non-compliance.
I have the older Family Share Plan, with a dedicated 2GB data plan for my line individually.

Answer 1

dimap52 wrote:
I really wish  Verizon, ATT  and Sprint would cut the cr*p on tethering and just open it up on all tiered usage plans as
T-Mobile has done and most other countries (even Canada) do. Just send an update unlocking the  native tethering
function and be done with it. It's not reasonable to charge for tethering on capped allowances when the carriers can
reap the profits from tethering overages.
A) Just download a 3rd party tethering app. As long as your on a tiered data plan Verizon can't stop you from using it.
B) T-Mobile's tethering is only included on the unlimited plan. Also limited to 2.5 GB.
C) As more people move to Share Everything this is moot point. Eventually everyone will be on it. It's at 46% as of Dec 31st. That's a 4% increase since quarter 3. So by the end of the 1st quarter it should be 50%. Probably 60% by the end of 2014 if not more.