Re: Killing off BIS SUCKS
Originally Posted by Albert Einstein
Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.
It had to be done. Something needed to change.
Re: Killing off BIS SUCKS
Originally Posted by
valeuche As something of a BIS and BB neophyte, can someone explain exactly how BIS works and how data can be free and unlimited over BIS worldwide when at the end of the day, the data has to be transmitted over the same licensed spectrum that the carriers had to pay tens of billions of dollars for? Is there something else going on?
The most valuable thing a carrier owns is time per spectrum and they generally charge highly for it, how did it work out that a carrier is willing to give up unlimited time on that spectrum when they could be charging much more for it from non blackberry customers?
I don't understand how it worked out.
Different people will have different reasons for valuing BIS.
For me, I can actually live with my Android or iPhone except for on travel. Because data goes through a compression process as it goes through the network operation center you end up sipping data as opposed to gulping it as Android and the iPhone do. For people who travel, this compression is a godsend.
People complained of email size limits as it went through the NOC an was delivered through your carrier but for international travelers it meant staying connected at a minimum of data consumption and therefore lesser costs.
Additionally, there is no mining of information as there is in Gmail.
To me, those things are infinitely more important than simply the frequency of mail delivery. I would gladly remain on BIS if I had to pay an extra$10 more for it. To me, data compression is that important. It has ALWAYS been that important.
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