iPhone Responsible for Optus Network Woes?
August 8th, 2008
There’s mounting speculation that the recent launch of the iPhone in Australia is responsible for a number of communications outages in the Optus mobile network.
There have been at least four major outages since the iPhone release on the 11th July.
A confidential engineering source close to the carrier speculate that the spike in new 3G connections and usage has put the network under so much stress that some areas of Eastern Australia cannot get SMS, GPRS, 3G or GSM coverage for hours at a time.
The source said; “When you consider the thousands of new 3G users we have now in the capital cities, it’s not surprising there are capacity issues.
“Large data download plus roaming between base stations puts a lot of stress on the system.”
“At peak times when people are commuting to and from work and at lunch time, there are thousands and thousands of network hand-offs and reconnects that the system has to manage.”
“All those connections and reconnections have to be managed and billed in real time. It’s a very complex system.”
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LOL, We put together a similar story today, but I admit that we borrowed your artwork because you did such a nice job. Good story too!
iPhone users cause trouble everywhere don’t they