Here's an interesting disparity. According to their financials (PDF), at iPhone's launch, AT&T spent $5.593 billion on network construction. Every quarter since then, they've spent less than that. During that time, wireless revenues have steadily risen from $1.9 to $3.3 billion. Meanwhile, they're spending $879 million to tell us how awesome they are. Chart inside.
There are a number of reasons why they might have held back spending. For one, we are in a recession after all. Two, they might be holding back to buy a rival. Or three, people keep buying pricey iPhones even though the network quality for using them is getting worse and it's more profitable to not improve anything.
Whatever the reason, with those numbers, it's no wonder users pissed at unreliable service are planning to flood the network with data today at 3pm eastern.
AT&T's financials (PDF)
AT&T: Chokehold is "irresponsible and pointless" [Fake Steve]
AT&T Has Spent Less on Network Construction Every Quarter Since the iPhone's Launch [Gizmodo]
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