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Every­one loves their iPhone and every­one hates AT&T.

Every­one that I know who has an iPhone com­plains about dropped calls and slug­gish per­for­mance. The dropped calls part seems ridicu­lous after all mak­ing calls is what cel­lu­lar ser­vice is all about right? Not since the iPhone entered the fray for smart­phone space.

The iphone is really a new com­put­ing plat­form and that has become increas­ingly clear as the stats come in on what iPhone uses do. They surf the net, buy stuff online. make bank trans­fers, down­load music, watch video, twit­ter, and text mes­sage all day and night.

Users of the iPhone are con­nected every minute of the day. What does that mean for AT%T a net­work strained bey­ound their imag­i­na­tion when they signed the deal with Apple that’s for sure. AT&T is in over their head; that’s absolutely clear.

So how do iPhone users who expect much more from their device than AT&T can deliver get bet­ter ser­vice? Argue with Apple to dump their exclu­siv­ity with AT&T. It’s clear that the net­work bur­den needs to be spread around.

Fac­toid:

AT&T’s deal with Apple is said to expire as early as next year, at which point other car­ri­ers in the United States would be able to sell the pop­u­lar Apple phones. Indeed, a recent sur­vey by Pricegrabber.com found that 34 per­cent of respon­dents pin­pointed AT&T as the pri­mary rea­son for not buy­ing an iPhone.  - NYTimes