 djrobx
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Re: Mobile operators are losing their grip on the tablet market Something's got to give with carriers trying to charge a separate fee for every device. Portable hotspot/tethering should do the trick, but I shouldn't have to pay 2x the price for the luxury of using the same data on a different screen.
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kudos:4 | said by djrobx:Something's got to give with carriers trying to charge a separate fee for every device. Portable hotspot/tethering should do the trick, but I shouldn't have to pay 2x the price for the luxury of using the same data on a different screen.
I agree. But looking at it from the carrier's point of view, the data on the larger screen isn't the same. It is usually larger amounts of data for each transaction and puts more load on individual tower's wireless bandwidth capacity(not the wired backhaul). Meaning, they will have to upgrade their base stations sooner and at greater cost. Greater cost means higher charges.
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kudos:4 | said by DataRiker:The size of the screen does not affect the amounts of data transferred.
Sure it does. Most smartphone browsers are biased to choose mobile web pages instead of the std desktop pages. Tablet's like the ipad and laptops are defaulted to desktop versions of web pages. The web pages formatted for mobile use have much less data. |
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3 edits | My android is set to display full webpages.
Just verified, so in my case the size of the screen doesn't affect the data usage. |
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said by DataRiker:The size of the screen does not affect the amounts of data transferred.
blackberry data goes through their servers which compresses the data. Significantly less data gets transfered between BB's and the net than say an iphone. |
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said by Romney2012:said by djrobx:Something's got to give with carriers trying to charge a separate fee for every device. Portable hotspot/tethering should do the trick, but I shouldn't have to pay 2x the price for the luxury of using the same data on a different screen.
I agree. But looking at it from the carrier's point of view, the data on the larger screen isn't the same. It is usually larger amounts of data for each transaction and puts more load on individual tower's wireless bandwidth capacity(not the wired backhaul). Meaning, they will have to upgrade their base stations sooner and at greater cost. Greater cost means higher charges. Well, with Verizon and AT&T, you're still sitting under the same cap. They SHOULDN'T care if you use 2GB of iPhone data or 2GB of tablet data. And if they're saying 99% wouldn't use 2GB with their phone, then adjust the cap for everyone. |
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said by Romney2012:said by djrobx:Something's got to give with carriers trying to charge a separate fee for every device. Portable hotspot/tethering should do the trick, but I shouldn't have to pay 2x the price for the luxury of using the same data on a different screen.
I agree. But looking at it from the carrier's point of view, the data on the larger screen isn't the same. It is usually larger amounts of data for each transaction and puts more load on individual tower's wireless bandwidth capacity(not the wired backhaul). Meaning, they will have to upgrade their base stations sooner and at greater cost. Greater cost means higher charges. They still could price those separate data plans little less for existing customers than make them pay full price. In similar analogy, I understand everybody would want only 1 internet plan for both home broadband and smartphone but it is virtually impossible. Single product, but dual type of access (wired & wireless).
Here we have single product, single type of access but slightly dual type of use. Is it more expensive than my first scenario? When you use tablet instead of smartphone.
Btw, when I roam internationally why suddenly 2GB worth of $25, becomes 50Mb? Why overage is $1 for each Mb? Carriers live in dream world. |
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