{"id":3461,"date":"2009-12-28T00:34:29","date_gmt":"2009-12-28T00:34:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wtf-att-stops-online-ny-iphone-sales-due-to-network-frailty-att\/"},"modified":"2009-12-28T00:34:29","modified_gmt":"2009-12-28T00:34:29","slug":"wtf-att-stops-online-ny-iphone-sales-due-to-network-frailty-att","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/futurist\/wtf-att-stops-online-ny-iphone-sales-due-to-network-frailty-att.php","title":{"rendered":"WTF: AT&T Stops Online NY iPhone Sales Due to Network Frailty? [Att]"},"content":{"rendered":"

Consumerist is investigating<\/a> readers' complaints regarding the inability to purchase an iPhone through AT&T's website when using an NY zip code. So far they've discovered that, according to a CS rep: \"New York<\/a> is not ready for the iPhone.\" Updated.<\/b><\/p>

The conversation Consumerist's Laura Northrup had with an AT&T customer service representative after confirming that iPhones could not be purchased online when using any New York zip code almost plays out like an SNL skit<\/a>:<\/p>

Daphne:<\/b> Welcome to AT&T online Sales support. How may I assist you with placing your order today?<\/p>

Laura:<\/b> Hi, I was looking at the iPhone 3Gs and the system tells me that I cannot order one in my ZIP code. My zip code is 11231. (Brooklyn, NY) Is this true? Are iPhones no longer available in New York City<\/a>?<\/p>

Daphne:<\/b> I am happy to be helping you today . Yes, this is correct the phone is not offered to you because New York is not ready for the iPhone.<\/p>

Daphne:<\/b> You don't have enough towers to handle the phone.<\/p>

Laura:<\/b> Thank you for your help. So the phone is not available to people anywhere in the city?<\/p>

Daphne:<\/b> Yes this is correct Laura.<\/p><\/blockquote>

Yikes. We know that AT&T's aware that it sucks in NY<\/a>, but is the solution to a localized network strain from heavy data usage to stop online sales of a particular phone? Doesn't exactly seem like the most sensible of ideas, especially since there are plenty of iPhones in AT&T's brick-and-mortar New York stores.<\/p>

Something else that's peculiar about this \"sales ban\" is that folks in San Francisco, another spot where data puts a huge strain on AT&T's network, are still able to purchase the iPhone online:<\/p>

A possible explanation to things comes in the form of whispers<\/a> regarding some kind of New York-based online sales fraud, but somehow the answer to the old \"\"Is it the network?\"<\/a> still seems to be a loud, angry \"Yes!\"<\/p>

I'm definitely curious to hear if AT&T makes an official statement on this issue and what the, probably innocent, explanation is. Hell, I'd be happy with just another Luke Wilson pep talk<\/a>. [Consumerist<\/a>]<\/p>

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