{"id":1976,"date":"2009-08-31T09:21:04","date_gmt":"2009-08-31T17:21:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.perivision.net\/wordpress\/?p=1976"},"modified":"2009-08-31T09:24:10","modified_gmt":"2009-08-31T17:24:10","slug":"no-more-att-only-for-the-iphone-rumor-control","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.perivision.net\/wordpress\/2009\/08\/no-more-att-only-for-the-iphone-rumor-control\/","title":{"rendered":"No more AT&#038;T only for the iphone? Rumor control"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.perivision.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/attFail.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-1977\" title=\"attFail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.perivision.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/attFail.png\" alt=\"attFail\" width=\"193\" height=\"193\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.perivision.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/attFail.png 276w, https:\/\/www.perivision.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/attFail-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.perivision.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/attFail-36x36.png 36w, https:\/\/www.perivision.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/attFail-115x115.png 115w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 193px) 100vw, 193px\" \/><\/a>I&#8217;ve heard this rumor a few times before, but given the recent uptick in AT&amp;T complaints, and a seemingly upper growth cap on iphones, I can see it.\u00a0 And I really hope so.\u00a0 I have already complained many times about the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.perivision.net\/wordpress\/?p=1913\">poor service<\/a> in SOMA in the SF area. Here is the part of <a href=\"http:\/\/digitaldaily.allthingsd.com\/20090831\/apple-to-rivals-thanks-for-the-free-advertising\/\">Piper Jaffray Analyst Gene Munster\u2019s<\/a> article that give me hope..<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cBy way of example, for\u00a0various reasons the company moved from an exclusive relationship with French wireless carrier Orange to a multi-carrier model. In France, the company now enjoys dramatically\u00a0higher market share (in the 40% range vs. about 15% in ROW) than in countries with exclusive carrier agreements (such as AT&amp;T in the U.S. where the iPhone has market share in the\u00a0mid-teens)&#8230;&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Since starting work in SOMA, and hearing from many of my readers that the 3.0.1 update did not improve cell performace, I decided NOT to get the 3Gs.\u00a0 I may go to T-Mobile for awhile and see what that is like.\u00a0 If AT&amp;T fixes it&#8217;s issues by the summer, then great.\u00a0 Else, I&#8217;m REALLY looking forward to 3Gs+ on some other service this summer.<\/p>\n<div class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Posts\"><H3>Related Posts<\/H3><ul class=\"entry-meta\"><li class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Post\"><a title=\"Why my Tesla M3 feels like my first iPhone and my M3day plus 30.\" href=\"https:\/\/www.perivision.net\/wordpress\/2018\/05\/why-my-tesla-m3-feels-like-my-first-iphone-and-my-m3day-plus-30\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Why my Tesla M3 feels like my first iPhone and my M3day plus 30.<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Post\"><a title=\"Cells phones are making waiting for a toilet longer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.perivision.net\/wordpress\/2015\/05\/cells-phones-are-making-waiting-for-a-toilet-longer\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Cells phones are making waiting for a toilet longer<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Post\"><a title=\"A Reddit Grill Cheese Melt Down &#8211; NSFW\" href=\"https:\/\/www.perivision.net\/wordpress\/2014\/12\/a-reddit-grill-cheese-melt-down-nsfw\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">A Reddit Grill Cheese Melt Down &#8211; NSFW<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Post\"><a title=\"The Bidding For An iPhone 6 Prototype On eBay Is Up To $94,000\" href=\"https:\/\/www.perivision.net\/wordpress\/2014\/10\/the-bidding-for-an-iphone-6-prototype-on-ebay-is-up-to-94000\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">The Bidding For An iPhone 6 Prototype On eBay Is Up To $94,000<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Post\"><a title=\"Apple patent application reinvents remote control for the smartphone age\" href=\"https:\/\/www.perivision.net\/wordpress\/2014\/10\/apple-patent-application-reinvents-remote-control-for-the-smartphone-age\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Apple patent application reinvents remote control for the smartphone age<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve heard this rumor a few times before, but given the recent uptick in AT&amp;T complaints, and a seemingly upper growth cap on iphones, I can see it.\u00a0 And I really hope so.\u00a0 I have already complained many times about the poor service in SOMA in the SF area. Here is the part of Piper&hellip; <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.perivision.net\/wordpress\/2009\/08\/no-more-att-only-for-the-iphone-rumor-control\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,44,455],"tags":[121,2339,2345,100],"class_list":["post-1976","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fail","category-rant","category-rumor-control","tag-att","tag-iphone","tag-rant","tag-rumor"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pjzQD-vS","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.perivision.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1976","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.perivision.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.perivision.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.perivision.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.perivision.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1976"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.perivision.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1976\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1979,"href":"https:\/\/www.perivision.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1976\/revisions\/1979"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.perivision.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1976"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.perivision.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1976"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.perivision.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1976"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}