Regarding CB article of voice vs data in an emergency
Regarding the blog on CB from yesterday. If you haven't read it yet, here it is
http://crackberry.com/emergency-why-...a-better-voice
This was nearly nine years. Blackberries were obviously prevelant in the buisness world, but not so much with the consumer market.
In the article he points out that they weren't equipped as phones just yet.
I understand that the data relied on RIM's own servers just as they do now
for cellular phone Blackberries. But again, this was 9 years ago so my question
is this:
Who's to say that in a time of crisis again, with so many people relying on
data usage than ever before, why wouldn't the servers just be overloaded and
basically be reduced to what voice is? I'm speaking in the terms of NOW. Not
then. I remember last May here in Los Angeles when there was a small
earthquake on a Sunday night I had a lot of trouble using my data. BBM's
weren't going through and took forever to go through after about 10 minutes
or so. What if there's a catastrophe? You're telling me that data can still be reliant?