Comments on: T-Mobile G1 Announced and the Data Throughput Slowdown (Updated) http://jeremyfranklin.org/2008/09/23/t-mobile-g1-announced-and-the-data-throughput-slowdown/ Graduate student... Tue, 18 Aug 2009 20:22:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Bryan http://jeremyfranklin.org/2008/09/23/t-mobile-g1-announced-and-the-data-throughput-slowdown/comment-page-1/#comment-242 Bryan Tue, 23 Sep 2008 20:40:38 +0000 http://jeremyfranklin.org/?p=84#comment-242 50 kbps is still fast enough to bring up webpages quick. The thing is that for the majority of people, 1gb in a month will be enough, and they will be able to get their 1gb at better download speeds without power users downloading torrentporn over 3g all month. The electromagnetic spectrum has physical limitations and that means there's only so much bandwidth to go around. What might have been better though is to only limit bandwidth during peak hours. The cost savings for this might have contributed to their cheaper 25/month data plan, which is going to save hundreds over the cost of the iphone 3g over the 2 years. 50 kbps is still fast enough to bring up webpages quick. The thing is that for the majority of people, 1gb in a month will be enough, and they will be able to get their 1gb at better download speeds without power users downloading torrentporn over 3g all month. The electromagnetic spectrum has physical limitations and that means there’s only so much bandwidth to go around.

What might have been better though is to only limit bandwidth during peak hours.

The cost savings for this might have contributed to their cheaper 25/month data plan, which is going to save hundreds over the cost of the iphone 3g over the 2 years.

]]> By: Victor Caballero http://jeremyfranklin.org/2008/09/23/t-mobile-g1-announced-and-the-data-throughput-slowdown/comment-page-1/#comment-241 Victor Caballero Tue, 23 Sep 2008 17:37:05 +0000 http://jeremyfranklin.org/?p=84#comment-241 From my experiecnce with t-mobile you might be hard pressed to do 1gig...ha. it could take you a while, unless you are in the optimal 3g coverage. It sucks that they put this limit. Thanks for pointing out the small print. That could deter many converts. From my experiecnce with t-mobile you might be hard pressed to do 1gig…ha. it could take you a while, unless you are in the optimal 3g coverage. It sucks that they put this limit. Thanks for pointing out the small print. That could deter many converts.

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