My only thought is that the other 'big telcos' got billions of dollars from the US government to upgrade their infrastructure. Whatever became of that?
This is why I have little sympathy for them when they bitch and moan about how people are using 'too much bandwidth.' Also note that they never come right out and say things like, "We oversell our bandwidth," or, "Our infrastructure can't handle what our customers are using." It's always framed in terms of the 'big bad' users that are hurting the poor ISP's stalwart network.
Granted, I'm not sure that AT&T falls into this net. They probably didn't get government money to build out their 3G network.
This is why I have little sympathy for them when they bitch and moan about how people are using 'too much bandwidth.' Also note that they never come right out and say things like, "We oversell our bandwidth," or, "Our infrastructure can't handle what our customers are using." It's always framed in terms of the 'big bad' users that are hurting the poor ISP's stalwart network.
Granted, I'm not sure that AT&T falls into this net. They probably didn't get government money to build out their 3G network.