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AT&T Admits the Sad Truth:It Can't Handle the iPhone's Needs
Posted: Tue Apr 26, 2011 11:45 am
by Sabre
Hot Hardware
If you were wondering exactly why AT&T decided it wanted to acquire T-Mobile USA, it's easy: the company has cried "Uncle." It basically has admitted it can't handle the iPhone.
AT&T has filed its Public Interest Statement regarding its proposed acquisition of T-Mobile USA with the SEC. AT&T said:
A smartphone generates 24 times the mobile data traffic of a conventional wireless phone, and the explosively popular iPad and similar tablet devices can generate traffic comparable to or even greater than a smartphone. AT&T’s mobile data volumes surged by a staggering 8,000% from 2007 to 2010, and as a result, AT&T faces network capacity constraints more severe than those of any other wireless provider.
2007 is, not coincidentally, the year the first iPhone was released.
Shocker to all of us, I know. I always think it's funny that the company that claims to have the "fastest wireless network" has a network that is bogged down all the time...
Re: AT&T Admits the Sad Truth:It Can't Handle the iPhone's N
Posted: Tue Apr 26, 2011 11:48 am
by PGT
scale is the problem. a Ferrari F1 car is fast but only has a single seat....
Re: AT&T Admits the Sad Truth:It Can't Handle the iPhone's N
Posted: Tue Apr 26, 2011 1:28 pm
by Sabre
Ah, very true
Re: AT&T Admits the Sad Truth:It Can't Handle the iPhone's N
Posted: Tue Apr 26, 2011 1:43 pm
by complacent
how about they take some of those ridiculous record profits and build up their network to handle the load.
Re: AT&T Admits the Sad Truth:It Can't Handle the iPhone's N
Posted: Tue Apr 26, 2011 1:56 pm
by Sabre
You know, that there is a good idea! I always get pissy when a giant company bitches that they can't afford upgrades... all the while they show record earnings
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Posted: Tue Apr 26, 2011 3:30 pm
by Mr Kleen
complacent wrote:how about they take some of those ridiculous record profits and build up their network to handle the load.
Re: AT&T Admits the Sad Truth:It Can't Handle the iPhone's N
Posted: Tue Apr 26, 2011 11:29 pm
by chicken n waffles
with all the people jumping ship to the big v, isn't this becoming less of a problem?
Re: AT&T Admits the Sad Truth:It Can't Handle the iPhone's N
Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2011 11:05 pm
by scheherazade
Mr Kleen wrote:complacent wrote:how about they take some of those ridiculous record profits and build up their network to handle the load.
Too late, the CEO already got paid.
-scheherazade