Problems with 3G channels

beppe · 06-16-2010, 09:10 AM

I am posting this in the Lounge, but it could be in the News Forum. Here it will be less stentorian.

A friend of a friend of mine, tipical beginning of an unsupported bit of gossip, is quite qualified in IT, having got a couple of years ago a PH.D. in telecom from Drexel. Last week he was in Chicago for a business meeting.
He told us, at lunch to day, that in urban areas in the US 3G channels (used by smartphones and other gadgets to access internet) are near saturation, i.e. there are too many users for such a bandwidth.
That's it.

All these nerds Iphoning each other. (personal comment)

dsvick · 06-16-2010, 10:35 AM

I'm not surprised, in fact AT&T recently changed their data plans and removed the unlimited plan because there was a very small percentage of people that used most of the bandwidth.

http://www.att.com/gen/press-room?pi...rticleid=30854

astra · 06-16-2010, 12:06 PM

Also there is going to be a new standard very soon.
4G.

06-16-2010, 09:10 AM	#1
beppe Grand Sorcerer Posts: 5,161 Karma: 81026524 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Italy Device: Kindle3, Ipod4, IPad2	Problems with 3G channels I am posting this in the Lounge, but it could be in the News Forum. Here it will be less stentorian. A friend of a friend of mine, tipical beginning of an unsupported bit of gossip, is quite qualified in IT, having got a couple of years ago a PH.D. in telecom from Drexel. Last week he was in Chicago for a business meeting. He told us, at lunch to day, that in urban areas in the US 3G channels (used by smartphones and other gadgets to access internet) are near saturation, i.e. there are too many users for such a bandwidth. That's it. All these nerds Iphoning each other. (personal comment)

06-16-2010, 12:06 PM	#3
astra The Introvert Posts: 8,307 Karma: 1000077497 Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: United Kingdom Device: Sony Reader PRS-650 & 505 & 500	Also there is going to be a new standard very soon. 4G. Last edited by astra; 06-16-2010 at 12:12 PM.

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dsvick Wizard Posts: 2,737 Karma: 635747 Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Northeast Ohio, USA Device: PRS-900	I'm not surprised, in fact AT&T recently changed their data plans and removed the unlimited plan because there was a very small percentage of people that used most of the bandwidth. http://www.att.com/gen/press-room?pi...rticleid=30854

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