http://www.simpleprop.com/2009/12/12/i-didnt-see-that-one-coming/ Sun, 05 Sep 2010 02:20:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://www.simpleprop.com/2009/12/12/i-didnt-see-that-one-coming/comment-page-1/#comment-20154 wadE Mon, 21 Dec 2009 16:34:58 +0000 http://www.simpleprop.com/?p=1070#comment-20154 After reading that (and it was very entertaining and insightful btw - thanks for sharing) and what's interesting is that I see both sides of the argument. Since I am in the engineering business I know first hand that often it's easier (read: cheaper) to patch the crap you having instead of actually taking time (read: money) to do it right. Also, if 3% of users are pulling down 40% of bandwidth we are talking about people who are running through terrabytes of info a month. All in all, I couldn't be happier because 1) I don't care for AT&T and 2) this punishes Apple for signing the exclusive contract with AT&T. Apple is just as guilty of going for the money. It's their whole philosophy... tight control of hardware. Superior products for high prices and inflexibility. After reading that (and it was very entertaining and insightful btw – thanks for sharing) and what’s interesting is that I see both sides of the argument. Since I am in the engineering business I know first hand that often it’s easier (read: cheaper) to patch the crap you having instead of actually taking time (read: money) to do it right.
Also, if 3% of users are pulling down 40% of bandwidth we are talking about people who are running through terrabytes of info a month.
All in all, I couldn’t be happier because 1) I don’t care for AT&T and 2) this punishes Apple for signing the exclusive contract with AT&T. Apple is just as guilty of going for the money. It’s their whole philosophy… tight control of hardware. Superior products for high prices and inflexibility.

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