Tether extremely slow - Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hi , When I try to tether my galaxy note 2 (unlocked, international version, bought without contract, stock rooted rom), the speed is extremely slow , it is nearly like a crawl in comparison to the mobile speed. I tried both USB and Wifi so far . Would the provider have a way to detect that I am tethering and thus cap my data? or otherwise what happened? and how I can speed up the connection?

Yes they can detect.
Beamed from Jupiter on my Galaxy Note II

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my plan isnt unlimited. Are you saying that the tablet will use more data out of my plan while piggybacking off of a hotspot than having its own lte connection?
darkleafar said:
my plan isnt unlimited. Are you saying that the tablet will use more data out of my plan while piggybacking off of a hotspot than having its own lte connection?
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From my guess, I think hotspots will use more data since a device is connected and the phone is feeding out internet/WiFi to the tab s with it being connected. From what I heard hotspots use more data vs an lte itself. That's my best guess and hope this helps! How much data does 5 bucks a month get you?
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