March 16th, 2009
AT&T's network can't handle large crowds
At this weekend’s South By Southwest conference (SXSW) iPhone users reported miserable AT&T reception (tweets, blogs). This is not unlike the horrible AT&T’s network performance I reported from Macworld Expo and during the recent Phish Reunion in Hampton.
Seth Bloom, a spokesman at AT&T, told GigaOm that the carrier is adding capacity to the downtown Austin network, and attendees should see their iPhone (or other AT&T device) experience improve by this evening.
To accommodate unprecedented demand for mobile data and voice applications at SXSW, we are actively working this afternoon to add capacity to our cell sites serving downtown Austin. These efforts are ongoing, but we anticipate that customers should see improved network performance this evening and for the remainder of the event. We will continue to monitor network performance throughout the event, and will do everything possible to maximize network performance throughout. We apologize to customers who were inconvenienced during this surge in local network demand.
Heads up to AT&T: There’s a big press event in Cupertino tomorrow and lots of iPhones will be there. I’m just sayin’…
Jason D. O'Grady is the editor of PowerPage.org, which has been publishing daily mobile technology news since December 1995. For disclosures on Jason's industry affiliations, click here or to view Jason's full profile click here.
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