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I don't think people were watching streaming video on 3g, especially not with the data caps of the time. The improvement from 2g to 3g (in my experience at leas

I don't think people were watching streaming video on 3g, especially not with the data caps of the time. The improvement from 2g to 3g (in my experience at least) was literally just being able to load web pages without waiting minutes for it to finish (which is a huge improvement of course).

kalleboo 6y ago
Yeah the original 3G (384kbps, before HSDPA) was just about enough to stream music flawlessly. The Swedish public radio broadcaster had 3GPP AAC audio streams and at the time the Swedish operators had all made those streams unmetered, and where I lived the 3G reception was actually better/more stable than FM stereo, so I'd listen to them all the time. This was before or at release of the iPhone, which couldn't do this.
scarface74 6y ago
Sprint had unlimited 3G around 2003 called SprintVision. They also offered a service where you could stream 10-15 live cable TV channels. By 2005, this phone (https://www.cnet.com/reviews/samsung-mm-a900-sprint-review/ https://www.cnet.com/reviews/samsung-mm-a900-sprint-review/) could play video at around 15-20fps. These are the services that Sprint offered over 3G on feature phones. https://www.sprint.com/cdma/assets/pdfs/services_guides/personalize_entertain/spcs_vision_ug.pdf https://www.sprint.com/cdma/assets/pdfs/services_guides/pers...
- eclipxe 6y ago
  MobiTV!
  - scarface74 6y ago
    Thank You! I couldn’t remember the name. It came out in 2003. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/MobiTV https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/MobiTV On my first phone with Sprint Vision, it did 1 FPS. https://www.cnet.com/reviews/samsung-sph-a840-sprint-review/ https://www.cnet.com/reviews/samsung-sph-a840-sprint-review/