AT&T's Video Share Service Goes Live
Cart before the horse
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Sprint might be bleeding customers from it's jugular, but they are still the kings when it comes to data pricing, data coverage, data speed and data ARPU.
As for video share, I suspect that it will also take off, but not so much because it's something that truly improves the quality/reliability of the service, but because it's a stupid gimmick that many people will think is cool.
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Even now, Verizon & Sprint don't have 3g coverage nationwide, though they are far ahead of AT&T. And I agree with you that this isn't something that will be a huge hit (like SMS was) because coverage is just not that good.
But think about how the carriers work: They want to keep selling, and a huge part of that is having new offerings to people. Coverage isn't so important anymore, because most of the country is market-oversaturated anyway, so it's more about boosting ARPU than increasing the number of customers. Yes, 3G coverage is certainly a factor in that, but most of the ARPU comes from business users, and there's only been 3 3G...
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