Verizon: iPhone will pause Web hotspot for voice calls [ Heads-up to the readership in case you're considering buying a Verizonized iPhone and this issue is of importance to you. -- Lauren ]
http://bit.ly/eNI8Bw (L.A. Times) "Verizon has confirmed to The Times that its Technology blog's earlier Wi-Fi tethering report is correct -- the Verizon iPhone 4's Personal Hotspot feature will pause Web data when a call is taken on the handset." - - - Note that this goes beyond the intrinsic problem of standard CDMA not being able to handle simultaneous voice and data. This points to some other fundamental design and/or resource constraint on the device as configured for Verizon's current network. Verizon's attempt to conflate "dropped call rates" (which normally relate to network capacity/coverage issues and fundamental device RF design, not to device resource overload) seems rather problematic. --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein ([email protected]) http://www.vortex.com/lauren Tel: +1 (818) 225-2800 Co-Founder, PFIR (People For Internet Responsibility): http://www.pfir.org Founder, NNSquad (Network Neutrality Squad): http://www.nnsquad.org Founder, GCTIP (Global Coalition for Transparent Internet Performance): http://www.gctip.org Founder, PRIVACY Forum: http://www.vortex.com Member, ACM Committee on Computers and Public Policy Lauren's Blog: http://lauren.vortex.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/laurenweinstein Google Buzz: http://bit.ly/lauren-buzz _______________________________________________ pfir mailing list http://lists.pfir.org/mailman/listinfo/pfir
