AT&T Might Not Like SlingPlayer for iPhone

Posted on Apr 16, 09 11:37 AM PDT

Since the iPhone debuted in the AT&T network, the company claimed to have a hard time to cope with the network strain induced by the higher web usage rate of the iPhone's users. Now that a Slingbox application exists, AT&T seems to worry that it could push its network over the edge, as video streaming is much more network-intensive than web browsing. Note that limiting the app to WiFi usage is always an option.

Other voices point out that AT&T is working on its own video streaming functionality, hinting that network capacity is indeed sufficient and that AT&T might try to protect some turf here. At the moment, Apple is the one who has rejected the SplingPlayer form the app store, so AT&T is directing questions to them. In the meantime, Apple has not commented on the matter.

At some point, it will be in Apple's best interest to work with more than one carrier. Competition might force them to confront every carrier's worst nightmare: become a commodity pipe like DSL providers.

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