AT&T Free iPhone Wifi On Hold for Now

Wow... just wow. AT&T cannot seem to catch a break on this one. I'm sure the media will enjoy this.

I wonder why they cancelled it? Regardless, this isn't going to look good for them.

What was special about today that they had planned to release it now?

And why did we have it temporarily, a couple of weeks ago, only for it to be taken away so quickly?

The whole thing just seems really weird. The set-up seems to be all there, so what are they waiting for? To tie the announcement with something else? The 3G iPhone seemed like a possibility (even though it doesn't require a 3G phone to use it), but that's too far away.

I WANT MY FREE WI-FI!! :D

I guess I waited this long, I can wait a bit longer.
But still... something's weird about all of this.

I wonder why they cancelled it? Regardless, this isn't going to look good for them.

I'm taking a wild guess Steve wants to announce it at his keynote.

I have a feeling that was the original intention but a communication breakdown caused a early leak.

They could just be waiting for other stores to get it all set up...

or maybe Apple/Steve Jobs has decided they're going to make a surprise announcement including this at WWDC. (Like... starting today, Starbucks offers free WiFi to all iPhone/iPod Touch users... and so does Brookstone, and Olive Garden, and Dunken Donuts, and Best Buy, and iMax theaters, and (well, I'm just making this all up as I go along... you get the idea though... a bunch of other companies may have decided they want to get some wi-fi set up too to attract customers.) And of course the Apple stores have always offered free wi-fi.

I'm guessing it was postponed as AT&T tries to find a work around that will stop the people who were getting free Wi-Fi from their laptops by using Safari and changing the device type in development mode.

I'm guessing it was postponed as AT&T tries to find a work around that will stop the people who were getting free Wi-Fi from their laptops by using Safari and changing the device type in development mode.

I'm inclined to think the same, it would tear away some of their revenue if you didn't have to get a seperate wi-fi subscription for your laptop.

I'm inclined to think the same, it would tear away some of their revenue if you didn't have to get a seperate wi-fi subscription for your laptop.

Just log in with your mobile number and a password like everyother company has done in the past.

Just log in with your mobile number and a password like everyother company has done in the past.

I believe you had to do that anyway. Well, no password, just a mobile number. I guess some enterprising individual could fake their browser ID and use the phone number of an iPhone-toting friend... but that seems a lot of trouble to go to for a little free WiFi. Then agan, stranger things have happened... :rolleyes:

I hope they still go ahead with this. Nothing more annoying than being an AT&T customer, owning an iPhone, and being in an airport with AT&T WiFi access points and still have to pay for the "privilege."

I hope they still go ahead with this. Nothing more annoying than being an AT&T customer, owning an iPhone, and being in an airport with AT&T WiFi access points and still have to pay for the "privilege."

Amen.