Fuck You, AT&T [Video]

Fuck You, AT&T. That’s the scream of the web. Dropped calls, no data connection in spite of full bars, spotty coverage, collapsed networks in big cities… it’s a gigantic clusterfuck of shopper rage. That’s why persons are crying for the Verizon iPhone.

Every time Apple releases an iPhone we get a similar reaction: A horde foaming at the mouth requesting a Verizon version. Why? Unanimously: Because AT&T service sucks. And I agree. It sucks. Quoting Giz alumnus Mark Wilson: ” Having an iPhone with AT&T is like having a Ferrari in an enormous city. You never know what that is really capable of.” And it’s true. My experience with AT&T has been generally bad. Very bad voice quality and crappy data access in any busy area in Big Apple City. I’m able to switch to Verizon, although I’m going to hold it until the brand new iPhone 5 comes out.

It’s yet to be seen how this clamor translates in people switching from AT&T to Verizon when the new iPhone 4 comes out in February , but I’m sure AT&T aren’t very comfortable about it, despite Ralph de la Vega’s words to the WSJ : ” We are ready for it. The fast- and long-term viability of AT&T can be good whether we’ve exclusivity or not. We are much bigger than this.”

Maybe you might be, Ralph. Or even the impact could be lots greater than you watched, judging by your customers’ complains. Or perhaps you’ll get lucky and, once the updated iPhone 4 hits, Verizon’s network would collapse into a steaming pile of donkey excrement. We can discover what happens soon.

Video by G. Jesse Martínez

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This post is tagged: enormous city, foaming at the mouth, ralph de la vega, spotty coverage, term viability, voice quality