http://digitaldaily.allthingsd.com/20091009/qualcomm-calls-for-traffic-shaping/ by John Paczkowski Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:33:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://digitaldaily.allthingsd.com/20091009/qualcomm-calls-for-traffic-shaping/comment-page-1/#comment-15787 Weekend Update: 10.10.09- The Textplosion Edition | Drake Martinet | Digital Daily | AllThingsD Sat, 10 Oct 2009 20:34:30 +0000 http://digitaldaily.allthingsd.com/?p=26346#comment-15787 [...] rounded out he week with comments from Qualcomm (QCOM) CEO Paul Jacobs in the cacophony that is the net neutrality debate. With a dazzling turn-of-phrase, Jacobs supported the idea of “traffic shaping”, or, giving [...] [...] rounded out he week with comments from Qualcomm (QCOM) CEO Paul Jacobs in the cacophony that is the net neutrality debate. With a dazzling turn-of-phrase, Jacobs supported the idea of “traffic shaping”, or, giving [...]

]]> http://digitaldaily.allthingsd.com/20091009/qualcomm-calls-for-traffic-shaping/comment-page-1/#comment-15759 TechKive » Blog Archive » Qualcomm Calls for Traffic Shaping [Digital Daily] Sat, 10 Oct 2009 02:54:43 +0000 http://digitaldaily.allthingsd.com/?p=26346#comment-15759 [...] original here: Qualcomm Calls for Traffic Shaping [Digital Daily] Share and [...] [...] original here: Qualcomm Calls for Traffic Shaping [Digital Daily] Share and [...]

]]> http://digitaldaily.allthingsd.com/20091009/qualcomm-calls-for-traffic-shaping/comment-page-1/#comment-15744 Brett Glass Fri, 09 Oct 2009 21:22:36 +0000 http://digitaldaily.allthingsd.com/?p=26346#comment-15744 Jacobs is right. Ironically, many of the applications that mobile users want to use tend to be data-intensive and graphical. (It's hard to use just text to convey information on a tiny device where the letters are tiny -- and with an awful keyboard or no keyboard at all.) And AT&T has gotten such a flood of usage from the iPhone that its cell sites are getting overwhelmed! All mobile providers, just like other ISPs, will have to manage their networks to keep them cost-effective and to prevent them from being choked by bandwidth-hogging apps. Jacobs is right. Ironically, many of the applications that mobile users want to use tend to be data-intensive and graphical. (It’s hard to use just text to convey information on a tiny device where the letters are tiny — and with an awful keyboard or no keyboard at all.) And AT&T has gotten such a flood of usage from the iPhone that its cell sites are getting overwhelmed! All mobile providers, just like other ISPs, will have to manage their networks to keep them cost-effective and to prevent them from being choked by bandwidth-hogging apps.

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