Re: iPhone gulps AT&T network capacity

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: "David P. Reed" <dpreed () reed com>
Date: June 18, 2009 10:09:26 PM EDT
To: dave () farber net
Cc: ip <ip () v2 listbox com>
Subject: Re: [IP] iPhone gulps AT&T network capacity

If Whitacre were still there, I'd say this was just more of the  
whining about misusing *his* network.  But perhaps the entire ATT game  
is based on whining.  After all, isn't it true that ATT negotiated an  
*exclusive* with Apple?  Why trash your partner?

More captains of industry seeking bailouts - ATT knew what it was  
getting into, and signed its own deal.  Act like grownups, for pete's  
sake, and stop whining.

On 06/18/2009 01:22 PM, David Farber wrote:
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> From: dewayne () warpspeed com (Dewayne Hendricks)
> Date: June 17, 2009 11:03:46 AM EDT
> To: Dewayne-Net Technology List <xyzzy () warpspeed com>
> Subject: [Dewayne-Net] iPhone gulps AT&T network capacity
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> IPHONE GULPS AT&T NETWORK CAPACITY
> AT&T's wireless network is having a hard time keeping up with the  
> Apple iPhone, a top wireless analyst says. That's the reason AT&T  
> isn't offering multimedia messaging and "tethering" options for the  
> new $199 iPhone 3G S — lack of network juice, says Roger Entner,  
> head of telecom research for Nielsen. According to Entner, the  
> average iPhone user eats up around 400 megabytes of capacity each  
> month. Average smartphone usage is 40 to 80 megabytes. Entner says  
> the high usage is a testament to the power and popularity of the  
> iPhone. "People really love that device and are using it  
> intensively." And network demands are only going to increase as  
> pricing on the current iPhone 3G drops to $99, he says. Part of the  
> problem is due to iPhone's engineering. The device constantly checks  
> back with the AT&T network, he says, making adjustments as  
> necessary. The iPhone's "chatty" nature is one reason it performs so  
> well. But the back and forth also eats up a lot of network capacity.  
> When the iPhone 3G S was unveiled last week, Apple said it would  
> offer both those features. "Tethering" allows a wireless device to  
> serve as a broadband modem to provide over-the-air support for  
> laptops, PCs and the like. Multimedia messaging, or MMS, enables  
> users to attach video clips, audio files, pictures, etc. to text  
> messages. But when the list of global carriers offering the features  
> was unveiled, AT&T wasn't on it. AT&T says it plans to offer MMS "by  
> the end of the summer," but it has so far declined to say when  
> tethering might become available.
>
> <http://www.usatoday.com/printedition/money/20090617/iphone17_st.art.htm 
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