Comments on: MacWorld traffic temporarily kills Twitter; raises a few questions http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2008/01/macworld_traffic_temporarily_kills_twitter_raises_a_few_questions.html Daily news and opinion for 250,000 industry executives and mobile fanatics Tue, 14 Feb 2012 22:14:00 +0100 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Ewan http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2008/01/macworld_traffic_temporarily_kills_twitter_raises_a_few_questions.html/comment-page-1#comment-213201 Ewan Wed, 16 Jan 2008 10:05:42 +0000 http://www.smstextnews.com/2008/01/macworld_traffic_temporarily_kills_twitter_raises_a_few_questions.html#comment-213201 You could apply that viewpoint to the mobile operators too, Terence. I think they need to invest effectively -- particularly if you setup a pay-on-use model with your suppliers. That said it's all, to an extent, irrelevant if there's insufficient money to fund it all in the first place. You could apply that viewpoint to the mobile operators too, Terence. I think they need to invest effectively — particularly if you setup a pay-on-use model with your suppliers. That said it’s all, to an extent, irrelevant if there’s insufficient money to fund it all in the first place.

]]> By: Terence Eden http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2008/01/macworld_traffic_temporarily_kills_twitter_raises_a_few_questions.html/comment-page-1#comment-213200 Terence Eden Wed, 16 Jan 2008 09:57:33 +0000 http://www.smstextnews.com/2008/01/macworld_traffic_temporarily_kills_twitter_raises_a_few_questions.html#comment-213200 The problem with things like this is uneven capacity. The reason the mobile networks coped so well during emergencies like the tube bombings is because they're massively over-engineered to cope with 3 yearly spikes in traffic. Xmas Day, New Year, Valentine's Day. The rest of the year that capacity is sitting idle - and that's expensive. I don't use Twitter (I know, I'm a Luddite), but does its business model justify a massive amount of hardware which is only going to be used once a year at MacWorld? The problem with things like this is uneven capacity. The reason the mobile networks coped so well during emergencies like the tube bombings is because they’re massively over-engineered to cope with 3 yearly spikes in traffic. Xmas Day, New Year, Valentine’s Day. The rest of the year that capacity is sitting idle – and that’s expensive.

I don’t use Twitter (I know, I’m a Luddite), but does its business model justify a massive amount of hardware which is only going to be used once a year at MacWorld?

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