Re: iPhone users eating up AT&T’s network

Jay Cuthrell — Mon, 11 May 2009 23:40:51 -0000

AT&T has started but it is limited to Qwest customers that already have land lines with ADSL

http://press.qwestapps.com/...

However, this isn't really as AT&T powered as much as it is one of the patchwork acquisitions performed by AT&T

http://gigaom.com/2008/11/0...

Basically, AT&T is doing everything possible to avoid investment in their network

"Here’s what AT&T quietly released a few days ago as some kind of “oh, it’s not a backhaul issue” blurb… and yet, for all the talk — it’s still masking the actual issue: Lack of capacity planning.

http://www.boygeniusreport....

AT&T has to improve their backhaul. I haven’t seen that hit the press anywhere yet.

Contrast this with Verizon who has offered to sell access (this heads off any government intervention… i.e. these guys aren’t dumb) to their wireless (fiber) backhaul network.

http://gigaom.com/2009/03/2...

So, in summary: backhaul is something a lot of folks don’t know about but goes to explain a great deal of the frustration people have with the mobile Internet as we know it today (you know, as regularly paying monthly consumers)."

source: http://www.mobilecrunch.com...

Re: iPhone users eating up AT&T’s network

HereAndNow — Mon, 11 May 2009 18:05:27 -0000

This is why WiFi is such an important "companion" for 3G. The more people use WiFi, the less strain there is on the more expensive 3G bandwidth. Perhaps AT&T should consider building out and promoting their WiFi network more.

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