iansltx
join:2007-02-19
Golden, CO
kudos:2 Reviews:
 ·Verizon Online DSL
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Re: wow, just wow Do you want to build out your own national cell network? If so, how much will the gigs cost on that 
Personally, for a 4G cell network $3-$5 per GB would be wonderful. It isn't landline costs, but it also means that uploading a gig of photos doesn't cost more than buying CDs and mailing them.
Oh, and on my Epic 4G with unlimited data I don't even hit 3GB per month 90% of the time. 2GB doesn't get crossed 80% of the time. Then again, I effectively don't have 4G. |
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| said by iansltx:Do you want to build out your own national cell network? If so, how much will the gigs cost on that
Personally, for a 4G cell network $3-$5 per GB would be wonderful. It isn't landline costs, but it also means that uploading a gig of photos doesn't cost more than buying CDs and mailing them.
Oh, and on my Epic 4G with unlimited data I don't even hit 3GB per month 90% of the time. 2GB doesn't get crossed 80% of the time. Then again, I effectively don't have 4G.
You're ignoring that caps are completely unrelated to congestion issues on a network. Clearwire's method of throttling users at .3 mbit/second at peak hours makes far more sense, and given Verizon's and AT&T's LTE networks have much more capacity they could easily offer unlimited data during off-peak hours without a hitch.
Someone downloading stuff at 3 AM is not hurting anyone else's experience. Similarly the networks are mostly uncongested all day except in the afternoon and evenings. You can see for yourself by doing speed tests at various points in the day. Speeds shoot back up by 10 or 11 PM as people get off the network and go to bed. |
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iansltx
join:2007-02-19
Golden, CO
kudos:2 Reviews:
·Verizon Online DSL
·Comcast
| Fully aware of this...I've used mobile broadband plenty and seen those trends. But again, how would you finance building a nice, next-gen network? Higher up-front prices or coparatively lower but with overages? Though I don't disagree with you about off-peak bandwidth vs. peak.
OTOH, what I've seen of Clearwire's network is that they don't have their act together at this point. I'll blame it on crappy spectrum; 2500MHz shouldn't be used for mobile services due to its lackluster building penetration. However the fact remains that their service is slower than Verizon and T-Mobile's "4G" networks at this poin, which is why Sprint is working on pushing out LTE. |
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