Friday, August 29, 2008

AT&T’s Rivals Are Happy to Attack Over iPhone’s Network Woes - NYTimes.com

An interesting competitive swarm

Apple sold more than a million iPhone 3G cellphones its first weekend — with some stores running out — and two million more since then, analysts say. But its July debut has been nothing less than a public relations headache for AT&T, with eager buyers complaining about dropped calls and poor network connections.

Some fingers point to Apple, which has tried to deflect the complaints. But many others point to AT&T’s cellular network. Whatever the source of the problems, AT&T’s rivals, long irritated by all the attention the iPhone has received, are on the attack and happy to exploit the discontent.

AT&T’s Rivals Are Happy to Attack Over iPhone’s Network Woes - NYTimes.com

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