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?"

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If you find header-posting makes posts hard to

[Anonymous Coward]

read, then maybe you shouldn't be an a**hole when making posts and make us break our reading cadence just so we can figure out what you're trying to say.

Windows phone 7 botnet?

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The scary thing is one Windows Phone 7 botnet could accidently bring down a carrier's nationwide data network when commanded to do a DDOS on some big website - that is, if Windows Phone 7 ever sells more than 500 units total. Of course we're all sure that Microsoft did some good security work on Windows Phone 7, right? Because they have such a long reliable tradition of network and app security, and this platform wasn't rushed out the door missing any features or anything.