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iPhone's bandwidth use compared to gas-guzzling Hummer

article published on 6 September, 2009

A report in the New York Times focused on the effects that bandwidth usage with Apple's iPhone have had on the AT&T network over the past couple of years. The report dug up details on the history of the AT&T-iPhone tie-up and has discovered that the wireless carrier has continuously struggled to keep up with demand as more and more iPhones are added to the network. The AT&T network's ... [ read the full article ]

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ZippyDSM
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_ 		7. September 2009 @ 03:51 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
...perhaps AT&T needs a better network?
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engage16
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_ 		7. September 2009 @ 18:40 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Thats why I like living in the middle of nowhere... Nooooooooo issues with bandwidth....
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Coyote42
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_ 		10. September 2009 @ 09:30 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
This is why when automobiles were first invented they paved roads and installed interstates. They didn't complain and say people needed to drive less. I certainly hope they stand by their statement to not cap.
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yeller
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_ 		11. September 2009 @ 08:24 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Uh... WRONG!! A hummer gets around 13 mpg and the iPhone uses 10 times the bandwidth of a typical phone.

That would mean the typical car gets 130 mpg?
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Tarsellis
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_ 		11. September 2009 @ 14:08 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Which just means that AT&T is going to go to one of their purchased FCC chairmen and some of their purchased congressmen, and tell them they need to collect more "service fees", taxes, and raise rates, "just to keep the current network barely running" and without EVER adding extra capacity.
Welcome to the cyberpunk world, where separation between corporation and government no longer exists. Thank you rockefeller and rothschild
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