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hmmmmmmmm

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Re: [ Mobile] Bell will be 'throttling' free Blackberry GPS Apps

Do I understand you correctly?
(I'm blackberry dumb)

What I understood is this:

Free 3rd party GPS apps doing GPS satellite locks will take 2-10 minutes instead of the normal 15-20seconds.

(I have no idea what a GPS satellite lock is)

They are doing this in order to sell Bells own GPSNav app which will have no forced times delay (throttle) in order to sell their GPSNav app as the best alternative for speed.

Does this mean the 3rd party apps will also cost more to use since they will be purosely delayed by minutes?

Wouldn't this be anticompetitive?

permalink · 2008-09-22 22:41:19 · Print ·

BryceS

join:2007-09-17
Waterloo, ON

Re: [ Mobile] Bell will be 'throttling' free Blackberry GPS Apps

said by hmmmmmmmm :

Free 3rd party GPS apps doing GPS satellite locks will take 2-10 minutes instead of the normal 15-20seconds.

(I have no idea what a GPS satellite lock is)
The time it takes a GPS satellite to 'find you'.

said by hmmmmmmmm :

They are doing this in order to sell Bells own GPSNav app which will have no forced times delay (throttle) in order to sell their GPSNav app as the best alternative for speed.

Yes.

said by hmmmmmmmm :

Does this mean the 3rd party apps will also cost more to use since they will be purosely delayed by minutes?

Not really. Most users are on unlimited data plans to begin with.

said by hmmmmmmmm :

Wouldn't this be anticompetitive?

To Google, maybe.

RIM, the inventor of the Blackberry, already approves of this behavior on other international carriers.

permalink · 2008-09-22 22:47:03 · Print ·

theninjasqua

join:2007-09-26
Oakville, ON

Re: [ Mobile] Bell will be 'throttling' free Blackberry GPS Apps

Unlimited data plans? I didn't think Bell even offered that. Can you clarify?

Also I am assuming Bell will not be sending notices out or making a formal announcement about this either to inform its customers. I guess they just want us to keep wondering why our GPS lookups are taking so long until we give in and call into support to waste their time so that they can upsell us on the GPSNav.

They're doing anything they can nowadays to make an extra buck, this is getting ridiculous.
--

-theninjasquad

permalink · 2008-09-23 09:44:55 · Print ·

BryceS

join:2007-09-17
Waterloo, ON

Re: [ Mobile] Bell will be 'throttling' free Blackberry GPS Apps

said by theninjasqua

:

Unlimited data plans? I didn't think Bell even offered that. Can you clarify?

Also I am assuming Bell will not be sending notices out or making a formal announcement about this either to inform its customers. I guess they just want us to keep wondering why our GPS lookups are taking so long until we give in and call into support to waste their time so that they can upsell us on the GPSNav.

They're doing anything they can nowadays to make an extra buck, this is getting ridiculous.

Bell's had unlimited data plans for BBs since Spring.
Telus since December.
Rogers has 6GB since July.

permalink · 2008-09-23 10:04:09 · Print ·

theninjasqua join:2007-09-26 Oakville, ON	Re: [ Mobile] Bell will be 'throttling' free Blackberry GPS Apps Do you have a link to that on their website? -- -theninjasquad
	permalink · 2008-09-23 10:06:43 ·

BryceS join:2007-09-17 Waterloo, ON	Re: [ Mobile] Bell will be 'throttling' free Blackberry GPS Apps said by theninjasqua : Do you have a link to that on their website? »www.bell.ca/shopping/en_CA_QC.Un···.details
	permalink · 2008-09-23 11:11:56 ·

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