gigahurtz
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join:2001-10-20
Palm Coast, FL
clubs: | You can't blame AT&T..
In most markets, the 3G network that's in place would be useless for an application like this. You'd be constantly buffering and would never be able to keep up. Even though it's "3G"... it's not really "3G". |
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digiblur
Got Sipura?
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join:2002-06-03
Louisiana
| Windows Mobile for me
Add that to the many reasons I won't have an iPhone in my pocket.
I have to give AT&T one thing...they do have better coverage in my area but here's the kicker. What's the point of the extra coverage if you are constantly dropping calls...getting call failed messages, etc. In an area with a bunch of people at an event? Forget it AT&T users... here you can use my phone...done that quite a lot.
I love my Touch Pro with Windows Mobile...wouldn't trade it for anything! Well..unless you hand me a Touch Pro 2 
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TKJunkMail
Enjoy the sun
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join:2002-03-03
Avalon, NJ
 ·Sprint Mobile Broa..
 ·Comcast
3 edits |  AT&T version of Slingbox is an assumption; not a given
given AT&T is cooking up it's own place-shifting application for U-Verse and iPhone customers AT&T version of Slingbox is an assumption; not a given.
From Wednesday:
»Assumptions.... |
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Hookem99
Deep In The Heart
join:2007-07-18
Pflugerville, TX
 ·ViaTalk
 ·AT&T U-Verse
·Suddenlink
 ·AT&T Southwest
| Drops?
I cant even make a phone call with out it dropping. Why would I think data is is any different? I can't imagine how many issues I would have trying to watch an hour show or movie!
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Chaldo
join:2008-03-18
West Bloomfield, MI | I remember when the old Cingular had the commercials/ads saying the fewest dropped calls. haha |
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yt
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join:2008-06-03 | reply to TKJunkMail
Re: AT&T version of Slingbox is an assumption; not a given
I guess the question is around AT&T's support of AT&T Mobile TV vs non-AT&T video. |
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proefain
Premium
join:2000-05-08
Crofton, MD | reply to gigahurtz
Re: You can't blame AT&T..
The Slingbox app optimizes itself depending on your network speeds. It will play just fine on "not really 3G" speeds. |
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MightyPez
join:2002-05-01
Saint Paul, MN
·Comcast
| reply to Hookem99
Re: Drops?
I like the iPhone, but I refuse to go back to AT&T. It was expensive and lousy service (in my area, anyway).
When people try bragging to me about having an iPhone, I usually reply, "Yeah, but you use AT&T." And before they can respond their call gets dropped. |
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ptrowski
Got Helix?
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join:2005-03-14
Putnam, CT
clubs: | In our own forums....
»[iPhone] Slingbox app
It was being discussed in the Mac forum also, and it works well. |
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funchords
Hello
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join:2001-03-11
Washington, DC
·Verizon Online DSL
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| reply to proefain
Re: You can't blame AT&T..
said by proefain  :The Slingbox app optimizes itself depending on your network speeds. It will play just fine on "not really 3G" speeds. This is my experience as well. It's adaptive and it's pretty impressive even at relatively low bitrates.
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TKJunkMail
Enjoy the sun
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join:2002-03-03
Avalon, NJ
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| reply to yt
Re: AT&T version of Slingbox is an assumption; not a given
said by yt :I guess the question is around AT&T's support of AT&T Mobile TV vs non-AT&T video. AT&T mobile TV doesn't use the cell towers and 3G network to deliver TV. It uses a broadcast system like regular OTA TV designed to work with phones built for that purpose. So it isn't comparable to a Slingbox app.
»www.wireless.att.com/learn/messa···faqs.jsp
The TV programs are optimized for mobile viewing and transmitted to your phone through a nationwide network. Because the service operates on a separate network, your phone calls and data services are never interrupted. |
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Matt
Take me down to the paradise city
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join:2003-07-20
Jamestown, NC
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| reply to TKJunkMail
said by TKJunkMail :given AT&T is cooking up it's own place-shifting application for U-Verse and iPhone customers AT&T version of Slingbox is an assumption; not a given. From Wednesday: » Assumptions.... The difference being AT&T has demoed an actual product, so even if you want to classify it as an assumption, it's a pretty safe one.
See this: »gizmodo.com/5253135/network-use-···ngplayer |
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gigahurtz
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join:2001-10-20
Palm Coast, FL
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| reply to proefain
Re: You can't blame AT&T..
said by proefain :The Slingbox app optimizes itself depending on your network speeds. It will play just fine on "not really 3G" speeds. While it may "optimize" it self, is it really going to be watchable? (I'm asking because I haven't really used the Slingbox extensively). |
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axiomatic
join:2006-08-23
Tomball, TX | Anti competitive
AT&T's anti competitive knickers are showing. I smell a class action lawsuit coming... |
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rmdir
join:2003-03-13
Chicago, IL
| reply to MightyPez
Re: Drops?
said by MightyPez :And before they can respond their call gets dropped.  |
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shoan
join:2006-02-27
Benton, AR
| how much data is used
Here is the question that I have. Please correct me if I have any of the facts wrong. The iPhone also has a 5 gig a month cap like all the 3g service am I right. with this thought in my head how much data is downloaded to watch say a 30 min tv show. Is this something that is kinda minor in data being transfered or would it slam you to the cap before your head could turn around. I'm curious because I am with ATT and I am looking to a smart phone or say an iPhone for my next phone in august and I just want to get it all straight because I mostly do not trust the sales people in the store. Most of them here would tell you that your phone could make home made ice cream if they thought it would result in a sale. |
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amungus
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join:2004-11-26
America
clubs:
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Wake me up when they finally have 2 way video phones....
Streaming video is neat and all, but it's not quite "there yet"
Besides, why do GSM networks seem to suck so badly?
TDMA based phones just seem to create weird buzzes on radios, give me headaches, drop calls constantly for no apparent reason (even with full signal strength, on a slow day), and generally agitate me.
Since GSM is based on TDMA, would it be fair to say they're related and thus both suck?
I hope America keeps CDMA around, I really do. Ever since I went to a CDMA phone I've been very impressed.
As for restricting Slingbox, they're just being paranoid.
I've seen Slingbox even on T-Mobile's 2G network, and it does just barely work. If anything, AT&T could still allow it, at a slower bitrate if they wanted to be jerks. Having it "blocked" seems like a paranoid move.
Then again, maybe it just sucks so bad that they're embarrassed at how it runs on their network. |
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darcilicious
Cyber Librarian
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join:2001-01-02
Forest Grove, OR
·Verizon FIOS
·Comcast
| And yet, there's OrbLive...
"Applications like this, which redirects a TV signal to a personal computer, are specifically prohibited under our terms of service." Somebody better inform Apple and AT&T then about the Orb iPhone client (OrbLive) and the (free) Orb server software that allows you to watch live TV over 3G, never mind video and the like.
(and for those who are wondering, works great in the Portland/Salem, OR area) |
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TuPaK
join:2002-07-21
San Gabriel, CA |  3G works just fine on jailbroken iPhones
refer to my post here:
»jailbroken iPhones can stream over 3G |
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en102
Canadian, eh?
join:2001-01-26
Valencia, CA | reply to Hookem99
Re: Drops?
I had a 2 1/2 call yesterday with no issues here in Los Angeles.
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