Verizon iPhone and AT&T’s data burden

Whenever you think of the iPhone on AT&T, you think of poor service, which is something that would change if Verizon were allowed to offer the Apple Smartphone to its customers. There is a problem with having the iPhone on Verizon though, “whose software is going to be on it?”

According to beta News, we all know that Verizon would like the Apple iPhone to use the VCast store, but Apple would rather use its iTunes Store. Let us get one thing straight, if Verizon were to have its software on the iPhone, then the whole experience with the iPhone would be completely ruined.

Verizon Wireless customers all agree that their network is the best in the U.S. and is difficult to understand why the iPhone is not available to them. Why would Apple want the iPhone to be on a network such as AT&T who is known for having a poor data service?

The answer is very simple really, AT&T do not try to put any restriction on Apple as Verizon would. Recently, AT&T CTO John Donovan was talking about the data traffic on the network, saying that it has grown by 4.932% in the two-and-half years that they have had the iPhone. Voice traffic has only grown by a factor of two though as AT&T struggle to keep up with the demand of traffic.

AT&T CEO Ralph de la Vega made a few comments yesterday, which has started rumors that AT&T could begin charging for customers who have heavy usage in a month. For the full details, visit Beta News