Comments on: Mobile network operators are just big dumb pipes in the sky http://www.paulcarvill.com/2010/02/mobile-network-operators-are-just-big-dumb-pipes-in-the-sky/ It's what it is, not where it is Thu, 25 Aug 2011 22:22:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Stewart Baines http://www.paulcarvill.com/2010/02/mobile-network-operators-are-just-big-dumb-pipes-in-the-sky/comment-page-1/#comment-485 Stewart Baines Fri, 26 Feb 2010 01:53:03 +0000 http://www.paulcarvill.com/2010/02/mobile-network-operators-are-just-big-dumb-pipes-in-the-sky/#comment-485 Unfortunately they can't afford to change. We consumers put a very low price on mobile data, but it costs massive amount to provide it. Operators are close to capacity in their radio access networks, councils won't allow them to build more cell sites, yet we demand complete mobility (for voice, for email, for streaming video). Mobile data has been a massive success for them, almost unexpectedly, unfortunately their really is a shortfall in the technical ability to deliver as much bandwidth as we want. Now as much as we want to think they are squabbling over content rights, exclusivity and developing the next big thing, what is providing revenues now (mobile data in various forms) is unsustainable. The networks are fit to burst. Unfortunately they can’t afford to change. We consumers put a very low price on mobile data, but it costs massive amount to provide it. Operators are close to capacity in their radio access networks, councils won’t allow them to build more cell sites, yet we demand complete mobility (for voice, for email, for streaming video). Mobile data has been a massive success for them, almost unexpectedly, unfortunately their really is a shortfall in the technical ability to deliver as much bandwidth as we want.
Now as much as we want to think they are squabbling over content rights, exclusivity and developing the next big thing, what is providing revenues now (mobile data in various forms) is unsustainable. The networks are fit to burst.

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