Comments on: Wireless Carriers Were the Reason Apple Didn’t Offer iTunes Streaming

By: Matt

Matt — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 04:50:48 +0000

VZW hasnt gotten rid of their unlimited data plans just yet.

By: name

name — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 21:25:56 +0000

As mentioned, the issue lies mainly in the US. Here where I live (Estonia, in Europe), most the data plans that the 3 main GSM carriers offer are pretty much limitless (however, with bandwith limitation warning issued after repeated monthly donwnload of over 50GB threshold, but only in busier cell areas).
So please, bring iTunes streaming to us.

By: Mat Pancha

Mat Pancha — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 20:36:17 +0000

Out of curiosity, is this from info from the wireless carriers or Apple?

I ask because I’m a heavy ‘TuneIn Radio” user on my iPhone, in fact I only use it for audio consuming when I’m driving which is a significant part of my day (4-5 hours per day at times). I only choose streams of 128kbps or higher, with some of my favorites being 320kbps.

WIth that kind of usage (and including my tethering usage for probably 3 hours/week) and other 3g usage of apps doing their thing and email I average <2 GB usage/month.

During the last world cup I streamed every single game to my phone, which was only doable over 3G – and I only used 4.5 GB.

That said, I question the validity of carrier concerns over this, and where this is coming from.

Cheers!