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From: Thomas T. Veldhouse on 23 Jul 2010 15:56
In alt.cellular.verizon Larry <noone(a)home.com> wrote:
> John Navas <spamfilter1(a)navasgroup.com> wrote in
> news:a6lg46p3fq6h7feqbvvaakktuovct15p03(a)4ax.com:
>
>> And Verizon is likely to follow
>> suit.
>>
>
> Verizon is the LEADER in lowering bandwidth to streaming and high usage
> websites.
>
>
> All the carriers are screwing around like them. Cricket has 600Kbps cap on
> the $40/mo plan....UNTIL you click YOUTUBE for a video, then it magically
> drops to LESS than the damned video playback speed, about 110Kbps for 360p
> Flash video. Isn't that a miracle?!

I have seen no such issues on my Droid X; but granted, I have had it for less
than 24 hours, but I have downloaded several apps, many refresh fairly
frequently and I stream Pandora much of the day. No issues with YouTube.

I do know that at least for AT&T and T-Mobile towers [and thus very likely for
other carriers] that they put 3G equipment up on them, but often the tower
only has a T1 feed to it or a microwave relay from other towers such that
latency can be high enough to affect the way some applications work. I know
for a fact that AT&T and T-Mobile does this [because I know, or met once
anyway] a guy who works for a company that installs towers for AT&T and
T-Mobile and was told about the two methods typically used, in particular, for
rural areas.

>
> They'll all do what they can to stop you from actually USING what they are
> charging so much for. 5GB for $60/mo is nothing but a ripoff. SMS is a
> FAR MORE ripoff at $2M/GB, the most expensive data rate on the planet!

Yes, SMS should be free in my opinion; maybe not MMS, but SMS for sure.

>
> Sellphone companies have never gotten used to NOT selling it for
> $1.99/MB......like the bad old days they LONG to repeat!
>

Smartphones [thanks to the iPhone and Blackberry in particular] have changed
the way the business has to work.

--
Thomas T. Veldhouse

Religion is a crutch, but that's okay... humanity is a cripple.
From: Tiger Would on 23 Jul 2010 16:14
On Fri, 23 Jul 2010 03:34:38 +0000, Larry wrote:

We've made an iPhone app with our friends Neon Play! YEAH! It's got
silly games and vids and useful sounds, and even an exclusive video
for our new song ��I've Got An iPhone�� - so this is all totally cool
and amazing if you've got an iPhone. Get it while it's hot!

http://bit.ly/rathergoodapp

The song is out as a single on iTunes too- you should totally get it.
Here it is:

http://bit.ly/ivegotaniphone

Hey, even if you haven't got an iPhone you can still have fun this
week! Here's Lovely Pairs �V it's a match the pairs game with a
brilliant song to go with it:

http://www.rathergood.com/pairs

Isn't that lovely?
--
tiger
From: Thomas T. Veldhouse on 23 Jul 2010 16:42
In alt.cellular.verizon Steve Sobol <sjsobol(a)justthe.net> wrote:
> In article <a6lg46p3fq6h7feqbvvaakktuovct15p03(a)4ax.com>, spamfilter1
> @navasgroup.com says...
>
>> AT&T's move to jettison its unlimited mobile data plan and charge more
>> for heavier use puts a roadblock in the plans of media providers trying
>> to push Internet TV, according to a report released Tuesday by iSuppli.
>
> Haven't I posted in various cellular newsgroups before, asking how these
> bandwith caps are going to work in light of services that are
> increasingly data-intensive?
>
> Yes I have.
>
> OK, only Verizon and AT&T are getting rid of the unlimited plans, but
> Sprint and T-Mo have bandwidth caps. No one is truly offering flat-rate
> unlimited mobile broadband.

You are correct, and the soft or hard caps will be raised over time. In this
industry, they typically do it by offering a new "plan". For instance, I am
willing to bet that the move to 4G requires a different "plan" than for a 3G
only phone. Just a hunch. Data plans associated will reflect the larger
throughput, maybe not at first, but as adoption rates increase, prices and
caps/tiers will vary accordingly.

--
Thomas T. Veldhouse

Religion is a crutch, but that's okay... humanity is a cripple.
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