AT&T activation numbers show iPhone 4 dominance

I hope AT&T takes that cash and invests in bringing U-verse to my neighborhood. My iPhone gets 3x better speed than my home - and I have the fastest connection available in my neighborhood.

The whole thing can be turned into an advantage for users though, antenna fail=free calls

http://mildfuzz.com/2010/07/iphone-4-free-calls-perfect-for-0870-numbers/

Please ATT one less orange covered building and one more cell tower!

I thought these numbers only included a few days of iPhone 4 sales. Saying these numbers were driven by iPhone 4 sales, much less comparing the numbers to "sales of the 3GS" is not accurate.

i wonder if many new users bought a new 3GS just to have the option to grandfather into the $30 data plan before it was changed.

I believe that all these new activations are only the result of someone on each account wanting the iphone 4. what i want know is how many activations, either new or renewal, do NOT have an iphone anywhere on the account (anywhere meaning its possible it could be one of a family plan of phones). That will tell you the impact of the iphone.

Personally, i believe the iphone is the only reason many choose att.

How much of 30 Billion does Apple get?

"Oblivious to the noise about AT&T's network, a full 27% of those activations are new customers for AT&T, which has to be chafing someone's drawers over at Verizon."

Isn't the more important number the 63% of activations that *aren't* new customers? These are people who have lived with AT&T's network for at least a year or two and are still signing up for more. I'm not a fan of AT&T, but that seems to show that people don't think the company's problems are that serious, or at least that the iPhone's benefits outweigh them.

"...sinks it right back into infrastructure or lowering cost to consumers."

ah-HAHAHAHAHA. Damn, you almost gave me a hernia with that one. Wooo. Good one, man.

Probably, they'll sink 3.999 billion into really fancy ad campaigns.