The tethering application was on the Android Market for a few weeks and had more than 10,000 downloads and a 4.5 star rating from users, Lemons said.

Correct. In fact Android has had wifi tethering built-in since 2.2. Carriers remove (from the firmware of phones they sell) or block (from Google Play) it and related apps but Google itself doesn't.

If you have an Android phone, you'd actually have a bit of an advantage if you need to remain connected while dealing with a home internet outage.

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