FCC: Verizon must allow tethering apps

Stacey Higginbotham at GigaOm: "Verizon customers will soon have the option of downloading Android apps that let them turn their phone into a mobile hotspot –apps that Verizon blocked initially because it didn't want customers circumventing its $20 a month mobile hot spot fee. The FCC has determined that nation's largest wireless carrier was in the wrong in this situation because it had purchased spectrum back in 2008 that required Verizon to allow open access to its network."