[bwr]

If this is true, it will remove the only reason I would deviate from the standard android build.

[michaelcampbell]

What the carriers allow to make it to their phones is not necessarily the standard android build, though. (Or is that what you meant?)

I'm speaking from a US perspective here; I understand in other parts of the world things are different.

[bwr]

I'm also in the US and I can see carriers removing this feature. I guess when I say standard android build I mean before the carriers mess with it. I feel pretty safe with the nexus one.

[eli]

T-Mobile tacitly permits tethering already. They've left the DUN profile on their BlackBerrys for years.