iPhone users at the South by Southwest conference in Austin, TX this weekend were frustrated by AT&T’s inability to maintain quality service under the strain of heavy iPhone usage. Naturally, attendees at SXSW tend to have the latest and greatest when it comes to gadgets, and a large percentage of them have iPhones. Not only that, but SXSW conference goers tend to use their mobile devices heavily, and by ‘heavily’, I mean an insane amount. AT&T’s service got so bad at some points, that some users weren’t even able to get a signal, let alone send or receive any text messages. To be fair, and as Business Insider points out, “this is probably more iPhones per square foot than AT&T has to deal with in Austin any time during the year.” Fair enough, but you would think AT&T would work to ensure that its devices work flawlessly at one of the geekiest conferences around. Don’t ya think?
Wired has more on the story over here.
Sun, Mar 15, 2009
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