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Re: bigtimedb post# 31538

Monday, 02/08/2010 9:16:35 AM

Monday, February 08, 2010 9:16:35 AM

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AT&T's iPhone mess creates tough choices

In mid-December, Fake Steve Jobs, the alter ego of widely read journalist and blogger Dan Lyons, posted the following appeal to his fellow members of iPhone Nation:

"On Friday, Dec. 18, at noon Pacific time, we will attempt to overwhelm the AT&T data network and bring it to its knees. The goal is to have every iPhone user (or as many as we can) turn on a data-intensive app and run that app for one solid hour. Send the message to AT&T that we are sick of their substandard network. . . . Join us and speak truth to power!"

Soon thousands of hooligans -- or if you prefer, frustrated customers paying AT&T (T, news, msgs) as much as $150 per month -- took to Twitter and Facebook to join up. (Full Article Link Below)

http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com/Investing/Extra/atts-iphone-mess-creates-tough-choices.aspx