With the iPhone 5 release date mere weeks away, it's obvious that carriers around the nation and the world are gearing up to handle the incoming flux of users in the days after the new Apple phone is released. An August 24 report from PC Advisor warns consumers that the new phone could crash LTE networks because of FaceTime and other data hogging apps.
J. GoldAssociates analyst Jack Gold said,
"If I were a carrier, I'd be rather frightened by FaceTime. If everybody used FaceTime, bandwidth would go up dramatically, and the user experience would go down."
Obviously your new phone won't be such a great deal if your data plan isn't working due to network crashes. Of course, carriers are also trying to lure customers by offering unlimited data with the new iPhone 5 too, so how will you know if you're actually getting a good deal come September 21? Unfortunately, you probably won't know until after you buy your new phone.
Undoubtedly, the carriers are doing their absolute best to prepare for the upcoming data surge that the iPhone 5 is sure to bring, but there is no way to predict with certainty how many people will buy the phone and how much data they will use. Video chat via FaceTime uses roughly 3 megabytes per minute, so if millions of people are using it, that's a huge data load for the LTE networks. Even Facebook has beefed up its app in advance of the new smartphone in order to be faster.
Of course, customers don't want a limit on their data plan, and they are likely to choose whichever carrier offers truly unlimited data for the very best price. This makes the entire situation a bit of a catch 22.
The good news is that carriers have had several iPhone releases to try to prepare for the new data load. While it may not be perfect, hopefully they've learned a few things to help with the iPhone 5 launch from Apple.
Source : examiner[dot]com
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