O/Siris wrote:

> I've only ever been able to speculate about this, because I
> never accepted the claim that heavy data usage of the
> phones as modems hurt the network.

I think the deal is that when you pay for Internet transit and/or peering at
the level that Sprint PCS does, IOW by buying large pipes to the Net, you get
billed for what you actually use. It therefore costs SPCS real money if they
ever need to upgrade their connectivity to handle lots of heavy data usage.

Granted, they probably get a sweet deal from Sprint's Internet division. But
it's still a lot of money when you talk about the volume of data they're
probably trying to push around.

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