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Re: iPhone updates and required bandwidth


From: JoeSox <joesox () gmail com>
Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2010 12:07:32 -0700

Interesting.
Do you have to configure the iPhone devices or just use its standard settings?

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Thanks, Joe


On Wed, Aug 18, 2010 at 12:03 PM, Greg Whynott <Greg.Whynott () oicr on ca> wrote:
I set up an OS X server which hosts updates for the rest of the company,  so the OS X client machines poll/pull 
updates from the internal machine as opposed to 100 of them pulling the same updates over the internet.  saves bucket 
loads of bandwidth and  you can "pre ok" individual packages,  so the client just updates without prompting.   I'm 
not sure but I suspect they might have something which allows their other devices to poll this same source.  it would 
seem reasonable anyway..

probably not a very useful answer but there it is.  8)


-g


On Aug 18, 2010, at 2:54 PM, JoeSox wrote:

Am I the only one that gets ticked off at the Apple iPhone update
procedure and the amount of bandwidth it needs?
Is there any secret I am missing to cut down on the required bandwidth
needed for it (caching the update somewhere etc)?  I don't own an
iPhone (DroidX user here) and am unfamiliar with the update, all I
know is it uses tons of BW.


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Thanks, Joe





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