Comments on: What The Justice Department’s Slapdown Of AT&T Really Means http://paidcontent.org/2011/09/01/419-what-the-justice-departments-slapdown-of-att-really-means/ The economics of digital content Sat, 25 May 2013 21:53:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Steve http://paidcontent.org/2011/09/01/419-what-the-justice-departments-slapdown-of-att-really-means/#comment-85079 Wed, 31 Aug 2011 22:45:59 +0000 http://paidcontent.wp.gostage.it/2011/09/01/419-what-the-justice-departments-slapdown-of-att-really-means/#comment-85079 AT&T has to solve their problem ASAP which is a lack of cellular bandwidth.  AT&T customers like myself experience this problem everyday – particularly in major markets where 3G often doesn’t work at all.  There are portions of Portland Oregon where 3G is spotty and we’re a smallish city compared to some.

Going home to lick their wounds isn’t an option.  Once a true world phone from Apple ships that works on Verizon AT&T will start losing a huge percentage of their customer base.  This will happen faster in the data starved cities, but it could kill AT&T if a solution cannot be found.

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