Mobile broadband speed restricted

T-Mobile offer Web n Walk, all you can eat data access, including Mobile Broadband (HSDPA). Three are on the verge of offering the X Series, initially on the Nokia N73 and SE W950i. Three will launch Mobile Broadband early next year.

One of the concerns operators have that some users will clog the bandwith available using P2P services as happens on landline internet. ISP's regularly claim that there is a small group of heavy users who ruin the broadband experience for the majority by hogging bandwith and network capacity.

To counter this Nokia will offer Peer-to-peer traffic control to mobile networks early in 2007, to counter bandwith hungry applications such as VOIP and P2P file sharing, by carefully managing and balancing network resources.

Whilst I can see the reasons why the networks would want to control usage across their networks to ensure the end user experience is as good as it could be, I hope they implement the product with a good dose of common sense. With WnW and XSeries T-Mobile & Three are leading the way for open, unlimited high speed data access on your mobile phone. It would be a shame to temper these market leading products before they've fully taken off.