Will iOS 7 be available for download over LTE/cell service?

[matttye]

I submit the lack of a need to prove a negative; just like I don't need to prove that there is no god. Those who suggest otherwise, need to prove the affirmative.

Bandwidth isn't a theory; it's an actual thing. Read up on bandwidth and you'll understand why they can't have millions of people downloading gigabytes at the same time.

 

[C DM]

That's because I'm pretty sure the limit is set to 5mb or 10mb for most carriers.

So we've never actually seen an OTA update like that and still don't know for sure. It could be set to 1 MB or even less. Effectively given the likekyhood of updates being over such small sizes we won't be seeing them over a cell connection just as we haven't seen them so far.

 

[caesarp]

Bandwidth isn't a theory; it's an actual thing. Read up on bandwidth and you'll understand why they can't have millions of people downloading gigabytes at the same time.

bandwith applies to wi-fi too mate.

 

[matttye]

bandwith applies to wi-fi too mate.

You don't get thousands of people connecting to one 'cell tower' when downloading using your personal internet connection, and fibre, which many people have, is obviously a much more efficient way of delivering internet than OTA.

 

[yg17]

bandwith applies to wi-fi too mate.

If everyone in your neighborhood used your Wi-Fi connection to download iOS 7 at the same time, you'd want to block it too.