How Much Would You Pay for Reliable Over-the-Air Bandwidth?
October 8, 2009 by Rico Mossesgeld
Filed under Ramblings of a Gadget Geek, Services
During a speech at the CTIA conference, AT&T CEO Ralph de la Vega “hinted at an unpleasant way of dealing with… the disproportionate wireless bandwidth usage of iPhone users”. PC World’s Mark Sullivan thinks de la Vega will start throttling bandwidth for iPhone users, who according to Sullivan represent only 3% of AT&T’s smartphone users, yet are responsible for 40 percent of over-the-air (OTA) bandwidth usage. AT&T apparently can’t keep up with the demand, especially since the wireless spectrum in the US is getting more crowded nowadays.
Too Many Customers, Too Little Capacity
The problem with “rationing” OTA bandwidth is of course, …read more
