AT&T: iPhone 3G using less bandwidth than expected
Posted by Dennis Sellers 
Sep 18, 2008 at 9:57am
AT&T says iPhone 3G users are using less bandwidth than they anticipated. The carrier expected a 5x growth in data consumption over the old iPhone, but it’s been closer to a 3x jump, AT&T Chief Technical Officer John Donovan said at a Goldman Sachs investor conference, according to the MocoNews.
As for the heavily reported problems with the Apple device, Donovan pointed back to Apple for their responsibilities, but said things are improving with each software update. “We now have 55 3G devices on the network” and “21 percent of AT&T’s users are on 3G devices,” he said. He added that AT&T has improved everything from radios to towers and backhaul where usage surged due to overwhelming iPhone use in specific regions.
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