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Luckily, I'm on the "unlimited everything for two lines for $100" plan, or this might be very nice news ^^' . I already use my T-Mobile LG G2 for my main internet connection...
Protip: Cyanogenmod, uniquely amongst Android ROMs, simply does not ask the carrier for permission to allow tethering or wifi "hotspot" mode - it just works, and no messing with SQLite databases or whatnot - although you'll need to run an IPv6 APN Protocol to get full speeds, especially for BitTorrent (some very old apps/games may not work correctly with IPv6). Your browser(s) may also run better with an alternate User Agent string. Important: Your data still will be used; this doesn't give you free data. If your plan isn't unlimited, be careful!
I can get over 6 MByte/s near certain towers and/or at certain times, but many towers (like the one near my house) get slammed during the early evening ("prime time", so to speak) and I'll be lucky to sustain 65 KByte/s, so it's not a perfect replacement for, say, cable or FiOS. Latency, however, remains quite good, and my gaming pings stay pretty stable. Forcing a step down to HSPA or HSPA+ can actually be a speedup, when the LTE band is overused - lol.
Cyanogenmod - or, alternatively, one of many other ROMs, with a little finagling - works well, even on those networks (especially, say, AT&T) that are very draconian about tethering w/o purchasing the option. If you DO get a nastygram from your carrier, however, simply tell them you torrent a lot from your phone. Very few networks outside T-Mobile (and Sprint, last I checked), however, don't slow down even "unlimited" customers eventually. I've gone over 164 GB in a month with no issues!
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