kd6caeP2p Shouldn't Be A Crime
join:2001-08-27
Palmdale, CA Reviews:
 ·Vitelity VOIP
 ·AT&T U-Verse
| What's the point of 3g network if you can't use it? I don't have an Iphone, so please correct me if any of my points are incorrect. Not only is the slingbox app not allowed to work on the 3G network, but I believe even something as simple as the skype app for Iphone is not allowed to work over the 3G network. Why exactly is this? Skype uses considerably less bandwidth than any video stream would. I believe skype's bandwidth is about 56kbps for a single voice call, so what's the big deal here? If you can't do more advanced things with your Iphone via the 3G network, then why even have a 3G network? I'll soon be getting a phone, and when I do, I want to be able to do anything I may wish to do, be it browse a web site, or make a skype call, and not have to be forced to use a WIFI network I may not be near in order to do it! Can Iphone users not even listen to streaming internet radio either? Good grief it's crazy. |
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TheGhostPremium
join:2003-01-03
Lake Forest, IL | The Skype app is most likely not allowed because it would eat into at&t's profits from the voice-minutes. at&t would lose $20/month/subscriber just on people that would drop from 900 minutes/month to 450 minutes/month. Plus, people could use Skype for international calls without paying at&t usury rates. |
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patcat88
join:2002-04-05
Jamaica, NY
kudos:1 | reply to kd6cae
3G networks were made for bragging rights and are a gimick.
They powered by n*1.5mbitps T1s which are shared with voice traffic too.
Each voice users on a cell network uses 6-14kbitps depending on what codecs AT&T put on their phones, or what codecs their phone supports from the factory, voice basically runs at 1980s dialup speed.
Now take that 14kbitps each user is using, now turn it into 200 or 500 kbitps. (we assume that users will watch video/browse data intensive websites at the same durations as they use their voice traffic) The network collapses. I'm still waiting for the wireless videophone that I've been promised for 40 years. 3G always steals spectrum from 2G voice and 2G data. 3G is unsustainable, its a gimick.
4G isn't any better, it will be like very slow backwards cable modem service. 40 mbitps per tower, I guess a tower serves 500 people, and about 50 will be using their handsets at any time, similar to a cable modem service. But atleast its dedicated spectrum. |
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