As made mention of yesterday, AT&T said that SlingPlayer Mobile for the iPhone could finally be allowed to stream video over 3G. In that announcement, AT&T Mobility CEO Ralph de la Vega said that Sling had modified its app to be more efficient on the 3G network. However, Sling fired back saying that it didn't have to change anything, according to Ars Technica.
"Sling Media was willing to work with us to revise the app to make it more bandwidth sensitive," de la Vega said Thursday morning. "They made important changes to more efficiently use 3G network bandwidth and conserve wireless spectrum so that we were able to support the app on our 3G mobile broadband network."
"We didn't change anything," Sling Media's John Santoro explained. "AT&T never discussed any specific requirements with us."
Santoro went on to explain that SlingPlayer Mobile always had code in it to adapt the stream quality to the established network conditions. AT&T had been in discussions with Sling since it had been first released last year, but AT&T never had told the company to make any specific changes. No changes had been made to the app's 3G streaming capabilities between having been barred from AT&T and now.
"Whatever the reason, we're just glad AT&T has approved it," Santoro continued. "We're just waiting for Apple's OK, now." The new version of the app, has been submitted, but not approved just yet.
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