AT&T Wireless Data Still Growing At 1000%

jfruhlinger writes "AT&T's wireless network came under a microscope when it seemed unable to handle the massive data use boost that came when the iPhone arrived on the scene. The company has since put money into its infrastructure, and that growth rate has slowed somewhat, but it's still gone up 30 times over the past three years."

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[SpryGuy]

"30 times over the past three years."

That would make it obviously 1000% per year.

Not a problem

[T Murphy]

I just asked my friend who works with Verizon, he says if AT&T data usage was at 1000 GB, 1000% more is just (1000GB + 1000GB/1000%) = 1001 GB, so I don't see what the problem is.

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[Arthur Grumbine]

Your sig makes your post even more awesome!

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[l33td00d42]

30x in three years? That's 1000% every 2.031 years.

There are 2.71828 kinds of people in the world. The kind that understand exponential growth, and 1.71828 kinds that don't.

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[Monkeedude1212]

Yes.

Seven of each.

I hope that clarifies things.

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[WrongSizeGlass]

Can I get that in football fields or Libraries of Congress?

Sure. If you took 1000% of football fields and covered them with 1000% of the books from the Library of Congress you would find the single book that had the secret formula on how AT&T calculated their increased data growth rate. Your mission is to find that book so you can decode the ISBN number to be used as an RSA key to decrypt the 11 herbs and spices of the original Kentucky Fried Chicken recipe so it could be posted without payment on Cooks Source.

Re:The new iPhone bars

[PopeRatzo]

Dropped calls have gone virtually to ZERO per month for me on AT&T.

There must be some really strong cellular signals and efficient antennae in Fantasyland.

Perhaps AT&T made dramatic improvements in Network Reliability and speed in my area.

Yes, I think I read somewhere they were planning on service improvements there, in Fantasyland, where iPhone batteries never lose their ability to hold a charge and nobody's ever seen the bottom of the bottomless cup, and everyone at the coffee shop is a published author.

Re:It ain't just the wireless/data links

[CrackedButter]

I would argue this because in 2012 I saw people using their phones all the time and they had to deal with extreme tectonic plate movements and tsunamis. Their cell coverage was fine, this was in India though, maybe their networks are better. Plus India uses CDMA.

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[sexconker]

...decrypt the 11 herbs and spices of the original Kentucky Fried Chicken recipe...

Futurama has told us that the Colonel's secret recipe is:

Chicken
Grease
Salt

(And 11 is binary for 3.)

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[Anonymous Coward]

But you can't hear the commentary from Steve Jobs if you don't have your head & your phone up your ass.