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September 4, 2008

Apple, AT&T Named in Bandwidth Suit

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On August 29th, Apple and AT&T were included in a complaint filed in a San Diego court alleging that the two companies could have sold more iPhone 3G units than AT&T's network could handle.

The case, headed by plaintiff William J. Gillis, Jr. may in turn become a class action suit with Gillis arguing that "Apple and AT&T have misrepresented to the public the speed, strength and performance of the 3G-bandwidth network."

According to Macworld UK, Apple was sued last month by an iPhone customer who complained of dropped calls and slower-than-promised download speeds.

What's your take on this? Let us know in the comments or forums.

Posted by chrisbarylick at September 4, 2008 8:00 AM
Category: Legal
Tags: 3G, Apple, AT&T, bandwidth, handle, iPhone, network, San Diego, William J Gillis Jr
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I really don't believe in suing someone that acknowledges their problem and shows they are trying to fix it. However, both Apple and AT&T have kept everyone out of the loop on what is going on. I still have serious problems with dropped calls and signal strength. It is definitely the Iphone because when I put my daughters Motorola Razr with 3G beside my Iphone she gets 4 bars and I barely get one. Whe doesn't Apple and AT&T just acknowledge the problem and assure everyone they are working on a solution. That should eliminate most of the lawsuits. People just want to know that their problems will be fixed.

Posted by: Doug Foster at September 4, 2008 8:25 AM

As I've said in previous posts and articles, make sure the right name is on the law suit. The problem is almost all AT&T's the only problem with Apple is that it tied itself to AT&T as a partner. Some partner, charging all the new customers $15/mo more for services than it's previous iPhone customers and then not making the service available to 90% of the service area (even though their coverage map says they do). Let's put the blame where it belongs, with the provider AT&T they have had ample time to upgrade their service and surely they now have enough revenue $15M/mo extra from the newly activated 3G iPhones. $15M will upgrade more than one tower each month and pay the salaries of the installers to boot. I really think AT&T is in the Brew Pub business when they saw more BARs anywhere because I continually get no service on my phone and I'm less than 3/4 mile from a AT&T company store that is supposed to be in the center of a 3G cell - NOT. I'll be one of the first to jump on a class action suit against AT&T as long as Apple is not included.

Posted by: Kenn Marks at September 4, 2008 1:13 PM

Drop the exclusive AT&T deal by claiming breach of contract, and open up the iPhone to all US carriers (ala Verizon). This would lighten the load on AT&T, and increase sales by bringing in new potential customers.

Posted by: Rodney Petersen at September 4, 2008 3:29 PM

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