Originally Posted by
Tummy
The iPhone takes many times more bandwidth than other phones and the bandwidth probably spiked recently.
Two points here:
1) it is already well known how much less efficient the iphone is than handsets like the blackberry for similar tasks because of it lacks sophisticated push and compression techniques. I'm not sure why
you're telling
me this.
Originally Posted by
Tummy
I would hardly call MSP a major city, it's not even in the top 40 and has 1/4 the population density of NYC. It's not the overall network that was overwhelmed but cell towers in especially densely populated areas.
2) I'll let you get away insulting Minnesotans about their fair city, but I cited the reference because that was where the OP cited as their worst case. I also spend a fair amount of time around SF not having the problems iPhone users classify as paralytic in that metro.