tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17500930.post6098390433750929579..comments2024-03-20T22:57:03.923+00:00Comments on Dean Bubley's Disruptive Wireless: 500MB mobile data a month without rich mediaDean Bubleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05719150957239368264noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17500930.post-34729148250646242832008-11-05T22:49:00.000+00:002008-11-05T22:49:00.000+00:00Congestion is not a future worry. its already here...Congestion is not a future worry. its already here.<BR/><BR/>I've seen it on multiple networks, in public spaces, having a full 3G signal, but with speeds closer to GPRS then 3G.<BR/><BR/>While Three and T-Mobile have had slowdown, the worst offender to date has been O2.<BR/><BR/>Some people on the O2 forums have speculated that the network is being hammered by all the iPhone users, as the interface makes it pretty easy to surf pretty rich sites with ease on a mobile device.<BR/><BR/>And all the offers for Cheap Data cards on both pay monthly and prepaid is probably not helping.BBusyBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09199562829441892961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17500930.post-41855529678356716812008-09-23T10:26:00.000+01:002008-09-23T10:26:00.000+01:00Thanks all.Ram - yes, I've seen a few suggeste...Thanks all.<BR/><BR/>Ram - yes, I've seen a few suggested numbers, but it's a very difficult equation. In particular, the cost will depend on whether you're filling up existing unusued capacity, incrementing existing capacity with extra raido/backhaul elements, what the core network looks like etc.<BR/><BR/>It's also worth noting that although mobile broadband headline prices can be << fixed broadband, if you work it out per GB *actually used on average* it's still usually more.<BR/><BR/>Dean<BR/><BR/>One number I've seen suggests around €0.03/MB for HSPA and perhaps 1/3 of that for LTE.Dean Bubleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05719150957239368264noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17500930.post-90392366305659538412008-09-22T15:35:00.000+01:002008-09-22T15:35:00.000+01:00Just checked my log... 2.6 GB down, but only 149 M...Just checked my log... 2.6 GB down, but only 149 MB sent over 30 days.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17500930.post-46789538414915629332008-09-22T14:58:00.000+01:002008-09-22T14:58:00.000+01:00Dean,Is there a number that represents the cost of...Dean,<BR/><BR/>Is there a number that represents the cost of mobile broadband per MB (that includes cost of RAN, SGSN/GGSN core, backhaul etc.)? I have seen this number somewhere - it is clearly a lot higher compared to the cost of fixed broadband. In spite of this, mobile operators pricing is less than fixed broadband pricing in a lot of countries - Austria, Sweden, Ireland etc. Mobile traffic is growing at 500-1000% year over year while revenue from these products is in the range of 50-75%. Something needs to give at some point - this clearly is not sustainableAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17500930.post-66769316188568773472008-09-22T08:43:00.000+01:002008-09-22T08:43:00.000+01:00Without being able to divulge any details, I can s...Without being able to divulge any details, I can say that there are operators out there who are already struggling quite badly with traffic congestion.<BR/><BR/>And btw, getting over 1Mbit/second with a mobile device is a challenge at best, no matter what the network is capable of doing; many devices have some pretty sad internal bandwidth limitations..Samihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06035530222378610371noreply@blogger.com