Don't expect too much from any of them without some government intervention.
AT&T (Ma Bell) was already broken up once, and the oligopoly we've got
now isn't much better.
Niles Collins wrote:
Yeah, they have been saying since the iPhone came out that they are
upgrading their network. But so far nothing has really been done, and
I feel that we will be waiting for a while longer
Sent from my iPhone
On Jul 30, 2009, at 12:49 PM, Kyle Spencer <[email protected]> wrote:
So, instead of saying "we can't handle the unexpected network demand
from our wildly successful product, but be patient, we're working on
a solution!," AT&T chose to say "our infrastructure is so insecure
that any cell-phone with hacked base-band software could be a
national security threat?"
Niles Collins wrote:
It is because AT&T network can't handle the load. Some people think
it is a double standard where other devices on their network do have
apps like slingbox and google voice. But the number of iphones by
far out number the other devices. AT&T doesn't have a fiber network
as extensive as what Verizon does, to act as a backbone for their
cell network, they keep making promises but nothing happens. In fact
Comcast could provide better service if they put up cell towers and
allowed iphone traffic.
AT&T complete underestimated how big the iphone was going to be.
Their network at this point cannot handle 5+ million subscribers
using iphones, and all the features that the iphone provides.
Iphones use more data all other phones, it is more in line with pc
data consumption. Verizon may not provide better service, they don't
have a phone at the moment that comes close to the amount of data
usage that the iphone has. Maybe when they get the Pre next year we
will see just how their network stands up.
--
Kyle Spencer,
Information Technology Manager,
International Medical Group
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Kyle Spencer,
Information Technology Manager,
International Medical Group
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