T-Mobile promises to “eliminate” customers who abuse unlimited data

T-Mobile US is planning to take unlimited data plans away from customers who use workarounds to bypass limits on tethering.

Customers who buy "unlimited" high-speed data for smartphones are also given up to 7GB a month for tethering, which lets a phone act as a Wi-Fi hotspot for other devices such as laptops. But some customers are masking their tethering activity and using as much as 2TB in a month, T-Mobile says.

T-Mobile's CEO promised to "eliminat[e] anyone who abuses our network."