Feds Worry iPad Could Clog Wireless Networks2010-02-05 09:51 by DanielaTags: iPad, Wireless, FCC
Government officials warned today that Apple's new iPad device could lead to further congestion on wireless networks such as AT&T, which is already experiencing problems because of heavy iPhone traffic. A message posted on the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) blog today read: "With the iPad pointing to even greater demand for mobile broadband on the horizon, we must ensure that network congestion doesn't choke off a service that consumers clearly find so appealing or frustrate mobile broadband's ability to keep us competitive in the global broadband economy." The post was written by Phil Bellaria, director of scenario planning for the government's Omnibus Broadband Initiative, and John Leibovitz, Deputy Chief of the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau. The pair compared the potential iPad data loads to the infamous problems on the AOL network in 1996 and 1997. When AOL decided to allow unlimited Internet use for dial-up customers, so many people logged on that AOL servers couldn't handle it. Customers had trouble logging on for months afterward. Read more -here-
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