iTunes store over EDGE

The problem is that you're limited to the Wi-Fi range. Why not just use the internet on the Wi-Fi? (unless in the rare case that they don't have internet)

Though there's a glitch I've encountered that makes the iPhone think it's on Wi-Fi while really it's on EDGE. There is no range limitation as it has been tested along a good distance of a highway.

Even the EDGE symbol shows...but it allows iTunes access and YouTube high quality videos.

Of course for YouTube, it took ~10 minutes for 15 seconds of a 30 second video to load...so it's kind of useless =/.

I had trouble getting this to work --

Could someone post a step-by-step using the commercial wifi method (as opposed to the ad-hoc network method)?

Cheers!

@Justin-

I suspect it would be pretty trivial for AT&T to packet shape away, if not outright block, any network traffic they suspect as being VOIP.

They may be looking the other way on all these other applications jailbreakers are using right now that use ports other than the standard HTTP and Mail ports, but once the traffic starts flowing that cuts into their precious "voice minutes" revenues, you can bet they'll plug it up quick.

Thanks for the article Brett!

No doubt Apple will plug it.

This isn't anything new really. This is the same trick as using a 3G phone to provide iPhone with a 3G connection using Wi-Fi.

iPhone doesn't (can't) scrutinize where the internet is coming from once it's being fed a Wi-Fi connection.

It's also well known that Apple is only satisfying the demands of carriers by making the iTunes Store Wi-Fi only. And, the carriers have a good point... imagine AT&T customers trying to stream movie rentals over 3G? Their network is already overloaded in many areas...

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