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AT&T Admits Network Can't Handle iPhone, iPad Traffic
RedEaredSlider writes "AT&T has admitted that the rise of tablets and smartphones like the iPad and iPhone has taken a major toll on its network. In its public filing to the Federal Communications Commission yesterday, the company admitted that its network has been under increasing strain as more and more high-bandwidth devices have been connected. This not only includes smartphones like the iPhone, but tablets like the iPad as well. AT&T says that in many cases tablets put a greater stress on their network (PDF) than smartphones do."
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No folly is more costly than the folly of intolerant idealism. - Winston Churchill
Of course, the solution here is obvious:
Charge everyone more for data plans in order to encourage less use of limited resources!
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That sounds like Socialist talk...comrade
"Never let your sense of morals prevent you from doing what is right" - Salvor Hardin
I'm with ya brother! There's a lot of things we can give up to liberate ourselves from the shackles of the rat race.
For instance, I don't own any pants. I don't intend to either. I save hundreds of dollars a year. Images the TSA saves from me on their backscatter x-ray devices are hardly a concern anymore. I never suffer the humiliation of realizing that my lost car keys are, in fact, in my pocket. It's great!
As a bonus, i don't have anything to undo when nature calls. I can afford to push off rushing to the bathroom by 2 or 3 seconds. Over a lifetime of not wearing pants that amounts to hours. That's HOURS people are wasting buckling and unbuckling their pants just to take a dump!