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Re: Throttling? said by sonicmerlin:said by amigo_boy:said by patcat88:It can be nearly unlimited if you split cells. Look at campus wifi systems. You're talking about a different band which naturally limits itself to 1000-2000 sq. ft. To create a mesh network like that would be something entirely different than what we have now. And, even within that band you'd invariably have limits. Or, be forced to split to a finer mesh to serving fewer people per access point. Nothing's unlimited except a dedicated pipe. In that case, you get exactly the limit you paid for -- and you pay for unused capacity just so you'll always have a connection that meet's your peculiar "unlimited" needs. Mark So put up more cell towers. Same friggin` thing. The wireless carriers charge obscene prices for obscene plans (why does receiving a call use up minutes?), and make obscene profits as a result. Considering spectrum is tecnically a public good leased to them, it`s their obligation to provide optimum service to all their customers. Put up more towers! Have you looked at the operating costs to put up *one* cell tower? (I'm not talking about what bandwidth costs the cell carrier or other fudge-able data, but straightforward operations expenses, such as electricity, taxes, and fees, not to mention the expense of actually putting up the tower, including land taxes, labor costs, and legal expenses.) NIMBY-style legislation (designed to restrict or simply ban cell towers) creates further headaches for cell providers; all that further adds to expenses. Now multiply that by the number of towers required to cover one thousand square miles with 3G.
In such a anti-cellular atmosphere, having voice may be a necessity, but having 3G is not. (And I say that as a VZW customer living in the core of the best portion of VZW's 3G network - Washington, DC and the suburbs thereof. While New York City may have more towers, it also has a lot of metal that plays hob with wireless coverage - voice or data. Because of one of the Original NIMBY laws - the Height Act of 1903, which restricts structure sizes in Washington, DC and the suburbs thereof; it was passed by Congress and has been held valid and applicable to everything from buildings to broadcast towers, including cell towers - we don't have the NYC issue with cell coverage, and because of the rather large government presence, we have a very dense cell-tower system.) |
