Stingy AT&T Spoiled the iPhone Party
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Stingy AT&T spoiled the iPhone party
By Andrew Orlowski
Published Tuesday 3rd July 2007 13:34 GMT
Much of the urban United States has enjoyed indoor toilets for some years now, and - Hallelujah! - thanks to Apple, it finally has a modern mobile phone, too.
While Apple shifted over 500,000 iPhones this weekend, its partner AT&T didn't keep its part of the bargain. And that's because it couldn't, a research note by DKIB today suggests.
Data congestion left the mobile operator red-faced, and buyers fuming. Because most of AT&T's network uses an ancient, time sharing 2.5G technology - placing the USA on a par with Cambodia and Sierra Leone - the data congestion impacted voice callers, too.
(Apple decided ag...
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Stingy AT&T spoiled the iPhone party
By Andrew Orlowski
Published Tuesday 3rd July 2007 13:34 GMT
Much of the urban United States has enjoyed indoor toilets for some years now, and - Hallelujah! - thanks to Apple, it finally has a modern mobile phone, too.
While Apple shifted over 500,000 iPhones this weekend, its partner AT&T didn't keep its part of the bargain. And that's because it couldn't, a research note by DKIB today suggests.
Data congestion left the mobile operator red-faced, and buyers fuming. Because most of AT&T's network uses an ancient, time sharing 2.5G technology - placing the USA on a par with Cambodia and Sierra Leone - the data congestion impacted voice callers, too.
(Apple decided ag...
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Mostly true. Though I disagree with the Register that the iPhone won't change data usage patterns. The thing really does make you want to surf the 'net, slow-ass Edge will be a buzzkill but not a total one.
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