http://gigaom.com/2012/11/21/blaast-hits-android-squeezing-data-for-emerging-markets/ Mon, 20 May 2013 19:42:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://gigaom.com/2012/11/21/blaast-hits-android-squeezing-data-for-emerging-markets/#comment-1209349 Mon, 26 Nov 2012 08:19:15 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=586990#comment-1209349 Data is already inexpensive, at least here in India (300MB of 2G for less than a dollar). Even scaled up for earning parity, not sure the cost factor is cruicial .. even at a 2x compression. And how intrusive it is this for the application layer? BTW I don’t think you can get 2x for the biggest cuplrit, video, unless you spend a lot of power and processor cycles.

]]> http://gigaom.com/2012/11/21/blaast-hits-android-squeezing-data-for-emerging-markets/#comment-1202770 Fri, 23 Nov 2012 11:45:04 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=586990#comment-1202770 This is a great example of the linkage between layer 7 and layer 1. Markets always come up with solutions to get around (arbitrage) vertically integrated and overpriced monopolies.

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