I think it's dumb to not let users have a choice, but I can see, from the carriers' perspective, why they would not want facetime over 3G. Video-chat is a resource hog, and I don't think anyone wants their cell-phone networks compromised anymore.
NYC has bad enough cell service when enough people are hitting cell towers, can you imagine the same number of people video-chatting?
With LTE, you might see it, because the data-pipes are much bigger.
I'm over-simplifying it, I'm sure, but that's it in a nut-shell.
02-08-2011 06:37 AM