AT&T Free WiFi for iPhones on Hold, Again

Trying to understand what AT&T’s plans are with regards to free WiFi for the iPhone is like trying to understand a Galvatron comment. Be sure you have a healthy dose of Tylenol on deck and expect to walk away perplexed. First it went live, then it was dropped – then it went up again, then back down – then a May 15 launch was scheduled, then it was missed. The following internal memo was circulated yesterday at AT&T:

The iPhone Wi-Fi offer that was scheduled to launch today has been canceled. Nothing has been announced by the company to our customers and will not impact existing customers. Additional communication will be provided if the status the project changes.

So at some point, AT&T will be offering free WiFi for iPhone users and inadvertently to anyone with a laptop and enough savvy to search Google and spoof their system with Safari and an active iPhone number. Then again, perhaps the latter half of that statement is the cause of the repeated delays.

Read

15 Responses to “AT&T Free WiFi for iPhones on Hold, Again”

  1. 1
    bryan says:

    Love the Galvatron call out!

    Thumb up Thumb down 0

  2. 2
    james says:

    haha Galvatron!

    Thumb up Thumb down 0

  3. 3
    Galvatron says:

    saking what this sais about att is they can’t figure out how to charge (monopolistic)money for using the wifi. you have oneside trying to charge you thorgh the rofff (the old gaurd of the evil empire telco) an than the other side trying to not charge anything an make some sense to the consumers for better marketing tact to make up for the iphone’s shortcommings

    Thumb up Thumb down 0

  4. 4
  5. 5
    jvijil says:

    i kno its funny and all but the guy just has big fingers….. i don’t think laughing at someones defect is a nice thing to do….especially in an article

    Thumb up Thumb down 0

  6. 6
    Jeff B. says:

    …HA!

    Thumb up Thumb down 0

  7. 7
    Randy says:

    Gal,

    You should be honored. You have now become immortalized as a regular of BGR.

    Thumb up Thumb down 0

  8. 8
    Galvatron says:

    now if only i could get on the payroll asa logger cept i don’tin NY

    Thumb up Thumb down 0

  9. 9
    eJay says:

    Bahahahahaha!! OMG that made me drop my iPhone on the floor LMAO!!!

    Thumb up Thumb down 0

  10. 10
    eJay says:

    @ Galvatron – You need spell check before you can become a blogger LOL.

    Thumb up Thumb down 0

  11. 11
    Tyrone D says:

    LMFAO!!! This had to be one of the funniest posts and comments thread I’ve read in a long time. I wonder if Galvatron(sounds like one of the Transformers) writes like that on purpose…lol Whatever it may be, I look forward to more!

    Happy Friday Everyone!

    Thumb up Thumb down 0

  12. 12
    Galvatron says:

    lol you never know ejay you never know

    Thumb up Thumb down 0

  13. 13
    Zach Epstein says:

    :) All in good fun Gal – you know we love you here at BGR

    Thumb up Thumb down 0

  14. 14
    Galvatron says:

    swear issould wrip oppinnions post on here lol

    Thumb up Thumb down 0

  15. 15
    NuShrike says:

    Hm.. maybe marketing should stop announcing shit before any engineers are thrown on it. Typical corporate MBA mishandling.

    Thumb up Thumb down 0

Leave a Reply