SlingPlayer iPhone App About To Offer 3G On AT&T

Last May we let out a smile when the SlingPlayer came to the iPhone, then a collective “grunt” when we found out AT&T wouldn’t allow the player to stream over 3G, after all we don’t always have access to a WiFi connection. Now we’ve learned that 3G streaming has been given the green light by the U.S. wireless carrier.

Apple still needs to sign off on the capability, however we’ve learned that an upgrade to the 3G version of the program will be offered for free to anyone who has already spent $30 on the WiFi only version.

Now comes the real question. Will the AT&T 3G network, which is already stressed out by current internet browsing iPhone users, be able to sustain a ton of video streaming users. I guess we’ll know if our calls start dropping sometime in the near future. [NY Times]