“The brief stoppage, noted on various Web sites, quickly added fuel to questions about whether AT&T’s network can handle the traffic generated by iPhone users, especially in dense urban markets. Owners of the iPhone tend to use the Internet much more heavily than other wireless customers,” Sheth reports.
“A terse statement from the company said ‘we periodically modify our promotion and distribution channels,'” Sheth reports. “An AT&T spokesman declined to comment on why the carrier temporarily stopped online sales of the iPhone and why it had resumed such sales.”
Full article here.
Well this comment thread should go well…
ATT fscking SUCKSSSSSSS!!
RELEASE ME, STEVE! RELEASE ME FROM THESE SHACKLES!!!
Wow!! They put up 30 more towers in the new York area to support the traffic?nice!!
Waaaaiiittt…. This is AT&T;were talking about. Nvm, they suck.
define “well”.
Blood Flood!
These are the growing pains of technical parity. AT&T has wandered into the land of the diminishing returns, on the backs of a heard of buffalo.
The threat of a Xmas stampede scared them into throttling sales?
AT&T tried driving the heard into a box canyon to slow it down and left more than a few strays behind trying to bring the heard around.
Verizon, meanwhile is tending to their petting zoo wishing they had AT&T’s problems, just to feel the weight of a world-class thoroughbred tear through the quartermile.
AT&T will regain control of the monster that is iPhone, giving them a new perspective on the monetization of bandwidth.
Once they decide to unleash the herd again, they’ll have garnered beaucoup wisdom and be years ahead of the game, thanks to the Apple Tax refund.
They’ll be riding herd on dinosaurs, if Apple brings out a tablet that can be tethered to iPhone.
“heard of buffalo”
I’ve heard of Buffalo, There was a herd of buffalo there once.
Potential iPhone customers with a New York Zip Code not only could not purchase iPhones, but the website said “Please shop for another phone”. It didn’t say “walk down to or visit your nearest AT&T;or Apple Store to purchase an iPhone. I can imagine AT&T;received a call from Apple’s Legal Department saying they were in breach of their agreement, so they AT&T;resumed iPhone sales. See the screen shot at http://www.macworld.com/article/145332/2009/12/iphone_newyork.html for the exact error message.
Nice try AT&T;…nice try. Finally realizing you have serious capacity issues? Let’s see what all the newly unwrapped iPhones do to your craptastic network in NYC and San Fran. I also wouldn’t be surprised if Steve Jobs announced iPhone on T-Mobile now that they have been busy beavering away building out their 7.2 Mbps 3G network. T-Mobile will complete their 21 Mbps HSPA+ rollout in 2010.
MDN magic word “earth”, as in “There’s no way on earth AT&T;can prevent mass defections when iPhone is offered by another US carrier.”
-ITG
I wonder how long till AT & T get Motorola’d. Remember PowerPC? Me either. Bet Steve can’t wait to get rid of those guys.
@ron At&ts;coverage in Buffalo is awesome btw.
Who buys their Apple iPhones online from AT&T;.com versus buying their iPhones from a Apple store, AT&T;store or online at Apple.com?
I’d rather interact with a human so I know who to blame when things get screwed up. If I do it myself, online, who am I gonna blame then??
@G4Dualie:
“Verizon, meanwhile is tending to their petting zoo wishing they had AT&T;’s problems, just to feel the weight of a world-class thoroughbred tear through the quartermile.”
Doesn’t Verizon have the ‘DROID’ which is described as a Mustang strapped to a SCUD missile?… lol
Yeah I remember PowerPC… I remember how Apple, Steve, and others defended it to the hilt over Intel processors… Remember the Megahertz myth that Apple had to contend with “teaching” the unenlightened… Then the whole G5 IBM 3.0 Ghz promised in one year by Sir Steve debacle… I remember that as well. Apple is a great company and Steve is a mastermind regarding visionary process for future economies of scale with it’s products. Steve just sucks at picking the right partner to hook up with to make that happen without a hitch.
AT&T;tried driving the heard into a box canyon to slow it down and left more than a few strays behind trying to bring the heard around.Verizon, meanwhile is tending to their petting zoo wishing they had AT&T;’s problems, just to feel the weight of a world-class thoroughbred tear through the quartermile. AT&T;will regain control of the monster that is iPhone, giving them a new perspective on the monetization of bandwidth.
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