en102
Canadian, eh?
join:2001-01-26
Valencia, CA
 ·RoadRunner Cable
 ·DSL EXTREME
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Re: Blah Blah
I agree... especially with this statement:
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Even with low caps (5GB per month for both AT&T and Sprint) and high overages that would make higher consumption profitable, tethering terrifies carriers.
Carriers don't want tethering for at least 2 reasons:
1. They probably couldn't support the consumption if a large number of consumers migrated from fixed services (ADSL/Cable) to tethered.
2. They (AT&T anyways) would be chewing off their own ADSL/VDSL services
3. They'd rather sell an aircard + service contract (2 year on data) then adding / removing an optional service.
Of course, where there's profit to be made, these mega corps don't just want profit... they want maximum profit.
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patcat88
join:2002-04-05
Jamaica, NY
| There is also the fact that 3g is a 3-5mbit shared ethernet connection, and simply a novelty, than a network access method. Imagine running 10s or 100s simultaneously using data on a 802.11b AP. Remember 2G voice runs at less then 14kbps, usually 6 or 9kbps. Imagine all those uses suddenly using landline quality voice at 64kbps, 5x times more bandwidth for each user. 3g was bragging rights from day one. |
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en102
Canadian, eh?
join:2001-01-26
Valencia, CA | I agree - there is a limited amount of sprectrum, and it is shared between voice and data.
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