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Can Apps Really Damage a Cellular Network?
schnell writes "In FCC filings earlier this year, T-Mobile described how the behavior of one Android IM app nearly brought their cellular data network to a breakdown in one city. Even more interesting, the US carrier describes how just the 300,000 unlocked iPhones on their network caused massive spikes in data usage. T-Mobile is using these anecdotes as evidence that mobile carriers should be able to retain control over the applications and devices on their network to ensure quality of service for all users. Do they have a point?"
Awwww. Second.
Had! They had iPhone exclusivity. O2 and Vodafone will soon sell them, too. (German article).
AT&T was always going to lose their exclusivity with the iPhone as well.
"They will have had iPhone exclusivity."
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Oh look, the psuedolibertarian "property uber alles" argument. Go back to your Ayn Rand circlejerk and let actual thinkers talk about this. I don't give a shit who owns the network. I don't care if they're in the business to make money or babies or whatever. I want it to work as advertised. Got it? And if they continue to advertise unlimited bandwidth, and sell unlimited bandwidth, and I buy unlimited bandwidth, I think it's fair to RECEIVE UNLIMITED BANDWIDTH. No one wants everything for nothing, they want everything they paid for. And telcos would rather limit your bandwidth to get more money because supply is constrained enough to justify it.
The real problem, anyway, is aristocratic fucks (aka NIMBYs) who think that just because they own an oceanfront property that they shouldn't have to see cellphone towers. The same people who complain that they don't get decent cellphone service, seemingly thinking that cellphone companies are just itching to kill their beautiful backyard view and not understanding that towers need to be high and large so that your fancy smartphone can SEE IT.