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iPhone Straining AT&T Network

Posted by samzenpus on from the got-an-app-for-that dept.

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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  1. slow data by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

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

    1. Re:slow data by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      Everyone else must be posting from their iPhone too.

    2. Re:slow data by Hognoxious · · Score: 2, Funny

      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.

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    3. Re:slow data by mambodog · · Score: 5, Funny

      I'm in New Orleans

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

  2. Re:Take pre-emptive action by yincrash · · Score: 5, Funny

    4) find aliens

  3. Re:About time! by sincewhen · · Score: 3, Funny

    Yes, but the reception wasn't always the best, and the handsets were a bit large as a result

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  4. Re:And I thought... by elrous0 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Geez, You English act like you invented the language.

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  5. Re:And I thought... by AndrewNeo · · Score: 2, Funny

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