Should a MobiTex service with a highly resilient website offer content over WAP?

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Published on 2012-10-23T20:53:04Z Indexed on 2012/10/23 23:03 UTC
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I'm trying to offer services over the MobiTex network (also see wiki) and want to reduce double-work. I'm trying to understand if it is a good idea to WAP enable my website.

Given that WAP usage is increasing (since MMS is a hybrid of SMS + WAP), and the FCC has required every operator in the 700Mhz range to implement it I'd like to fully understand if there are benefits to the technology for certain critical applications.

For example, if GPRS allows SMS traffic, voice, and Data, presumably they are handled by different Gateways. If there is another gateway for WAP traffic I would think that it would act as a backup if the data gateway was overloaded.

Are there resiliency benefits to using WAP on a critical website? i.e. Content delivery (push or pull)

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