I don't think they anticpated the massive demand for cell phone
> service. It was one thing for business people to get and individuals
> to get it "for emergencies". But now families give a phone to all
> their kids, even young ones, and the texting and voice consume
> channels. (Apparently the data (all non-voice) transmissions can be
> sent on a delayed basis which makes them easier to accomodate.)
The big bonus here is that jitter isn't a factor -- Having an additional 400ms delay on a voice call is extremely disruptive, having the same on a data transmission is barely noticeable.
This allows a wireless network to accommodate data traffic much easier then voice, at least until someone starts running VoIP over a cell phone's data ...
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