At the Goldman Sachs Technology Conference last week, AT&T admitted to the public that its current 3G network is simply not up to speed, and that they have not been prepared for the smash success of Apple’s iPhone 3G.
AT&T chief technology officer John Donovan confirmed that the “network had seen demand for 3G services in some areas exceed expectation to the point AT&T was forced to build up capacity,” while speaking at the GSTC last week. Donovan claims that Universities which bought iPhone and developed applications for students, were creating zones of high network demand.
Issues such as these have caused both Apple and AT&T a great deal of trouble since the iPhone 3g’s launch in July. Lawsuits claiming that the iPhone 3G has been oversold, thus over-saturating the 3G market have been filed.
Maybe AT&T can dish out a few more $19,370 monthly cell phone bills, and try and turn things around.
[via MacDailyNews via MacWorld]
