iPhone Straining AT&T Network

dangle writes "More than 20 million other smartphone users are on the AT&T network, but other phones do not drain the network the way the nine million iPhone users do. Because the average iPhone owner can use 10 times the network capacity used by the average smartphone user, dropped calls, spotty service, delayed text and voice messages and glacial download speeds are the result as AT&T's cellular network strains to meet the demand. AT&T says that the majority of the nearly $18 billion it will spend this year on its networks will be diverted into upgrades and expansions to meet the surging demands on the 3G network."

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[Anonymous Coward]

I would have had the first post, but I'm browsing from my iPhone.

Re:Take pre-emptive action

[yincrash]

4) find aliens

Re:slow data

[Anonymous Coward]

Everyone else must be posting from their iPhone too.

Re:About time!

[sincewhen]

Yes, but the reception wasn't always the best, and the handsets were a bit large as a result [medievalfantasiesco.com]

Re:And I thought...

[elrous0]

Geez, You English act like you invented the language.

Re:slow data

[Hognoxious]

I'm curious, what in what parts of the country are ATT customers experiencing dropped calls, slow internet times, etc?

If it's caused by iPhones, I'd assume it's San Francisco.

Re:slow data

[mambodog]

I'm in New Orleans

[Kanye West Voice] "AT&T doesn't care about black people!"

Re:And I thought...

[AndrewNeo]

They won't ask for money from the government, because then they'd be expected to actually improve their service.