Matt Richtel in the NYT on AT&T’s Mini-Tower Rip-Off

Matt Richtel:

Faced with withering criticism for its spotty iPhone service, AT&T blames in part a shortage of cellphone towers near homes and businesses. But it has a solution: put a miniature cell tower in your living room.

There’s a catch, though. You have to pay for it. And that is making some customers angry.

And rightly so — it’s using your broadband connection to improve AT&T’s network. AT&T should be paying us to install these things, not the other way around.

I can’t wait to get rid of these clowns.

★ Wednesday, 7 April 2010