The NY Times has an article about how iPhone users are straining AT&T’s cellular network by using, on average, 10 times more network capacity than people with conventional cellphones. The Times calls the iPhone a “Hummer” and a “data guzzler”, and quotes frustrated customers who endure dropped calls and slow connections. But it’s nothing new — this thread’s been going on for some time now. But the Times has a warning for Verizon, Sprint, T-Mobile, and everybody else:

“Cellphone owners using other carriers may gloat now, but the problems of AT&T and the iPhone portend their future. Other networks could be stressed as well as more sophisticated phones encouraging such intense use become popular, analysts say.”

Submitted by: Dan Giancaterino, Education Services Manager
on September 03, 2009 - 10:18 am

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