iPhone FaceTime Goes 3G
AppAdvice has posted that FaceTime is now available on jail broken iPhone 4 devices via an app called My3G. The app which runs for about $2.99, tricks FaceTime into thinking it is on a WiFi connection. Though AppAdvice states that the resolution over 3G appears to be less than stellar seeing as how FaceTime is optimized for a WiFi connection.
The concern for AT&T customers across the board here is whether or not this will begin to cause congestion on the network. As the decision by AT&T to not allow FaceTime over 3G from the get go seems to suggest that the network was incapable of handling several million people potentially using FaceTime over 3G at the same time. Bare in mind that Steve Jobs couldn’t place a single FaceTime call over WiFi at June’s WWDC until all WiFi users shut down their computers.
If the percentage of jail broken phones on AT&T is low, then it may not be a widespread problem on the networks, but could still cause some local turmoil for other customers using the same tower as a 3G FaceTime user. It will be interesting to see how Apple and AT&T respond to this.
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