, which advertises its network as being the only one to offer a 
unlimited data plan, throttles the data speeds of smartphone users that consume excessive data on its partner networks while roaming.
 ”For those that want to abuse it, we can knock them off,” Hesse said at an investor conference Thursday. He said Sprint pares back data use for about 1% of users, a practice known as throttling.
. The two companies throttle data speeds for top (more…)

for their smartphone (including iPhone ) customers on July 7th, 2011.
But looks like some Verizon customers have figured out a way to trick the system to get the unlimited data plan. Surprisingly, it seems to also work for customers who purchased the iPhone after Verizon had stopped offering the unlimited data plans.
has posted a step-by-step guide to switch to the unlimited data plan, which according to the forum thread seems to have worked for (more…)

users using more than twice as much data compared to iPhone 4 and apparently putting greater pressure on carriers.
Voice is the ultimate human interface. As you lower the barriers,” consumers will use their smartphones’ functions even more often.
– iPhone 4S’ intelligent personal assistant needs an active internet connection for it to work. That’s because when you ask Siri to do something, the voice data is sent to Apple ‘s data centers where (more…)

Mobile Data Analytics firm Arieso’s newly released reports offers interesting insights into the distribution of mobile data consumption across mobile users.
Its most important revelation: The top 1 percent of mobile users account for half of the traffic generated on mobile networks and that number jumps to 90% if you take into account the top 10%.
 users.
The breakdown of the top 1 percent data consumers – 64 percent laptop, 33 percent (more…)

Ever since Sprint started selling Apple ‘s iPhone , its customers have complained about
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It looks like they might have found a solution to the problem as CNET reports that the carrier has been rolling out “network enhancements” that should improve data speeds.
Sprint was able to determine where the upgrades were needed through a combination of its own checks and feedback from customers.
“Initial customer response to the improvements has (more…)

As carriers continue to duke it out, AT&T reigns supreme in data speeds and browsing ability.

(Credit:
Engadget)

A new study comparing the 3 U.S. iPhone carriers shows that AT&T is tops for data and browsing, more than doubling the download speeds offered by Verizon and Sprint.

While the data speed news does not come as too much of a shock for many who follow the mobile phone industry, it is interesting (more…)

It appears all three carriers’ marketing messages are spot on. While AT&T touts its data speeds, Verizon stresses that reliability trumps all else. Sprint, which didn’t dominate its rivals in any performance category, instead promotes its status as the only unlimited carrier.
commercials to drive their marketing messages home.
Verizon’s iPhone 4S ad mocks competitor’s coverage. The ad features 6 people who have abandoned a sinking boat. All of (more…)

- iPhone 4S’ intelligent personal assistant needs an active internet connection for it to work. That’s because when you ask Siri to do something, the voice data is sent to Apple ‘s data centers where your request is processed and the results are sent back to your iPhone 4S.
So how does Siri impact your data usage? Ars Technica have carefully analysed data usage  while performing 11 different queries through Siri and while dictating two short emails (more…)

a few weeks ago, some Sprint users have reported 
. Fared Adib, the head of product development for Sprint, was interviewed by
and he assures Sprint customers that the problem is being taken seriously.
After acknowledging the issues of a “small number of customers,”
trying to sort out the issue. In addition to assuring everyone that they’re trying to resolve the problem quickly, Sprint has emphasized that only a small number of people are (more…)

At CNET’s office building, the iPhone 4S from AT&T has a hard time getting a 3G connection.

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Dong Ngo/CNET)

Cool as she is, the iPhone 4S’ new personal assistant Siri hasn’t been able to tell me in a meaningful way which iPhone 4S offers the fastest data speeds. In the end, I resorted to the usual do-it-yourself approach: a real-world test. And the results were interesting.

Prior to the testing, (more…)