http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/05/12/atandt-issues-official-statement-on-slingplayers-3g-blackout-for/ Engadget Mobile Comments for AT&T issues official statement on SlingPlayer's 3G blackout for iPhone http://mobile.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://mobile.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2009 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/05/12/atandt-issues-official-statement-on-slingplayers-3g-blackout-for/http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/05/12/atandt-issues-official-statement-on-slingplayers-3g-blackout-for/May 12th 2009 7:58PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2009/05/12/atandt-issues-official-statement-on-slingplayers-3g-blackout-for/http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/05/12/atandt-issues-official-statement-on-slingplayers-3g-blackout-for/May 12th 2009 9:33PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2009/05/12/atandt-issues-official-statement-on-slingplayers-3g-blackout-for/http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/05/12/atandt-issues-official-statement-on-slingplayers-3g-blackout-for/May 13th 2009 9:06AMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2009/05/12/atandt-issues-official-statement-on-slingplayers-3g-blackout-for/http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/05/12/atandt-issues-official-statement-on-slingplayers-3g-blackout-for/May 12th 2009 8:01PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2009/05/12/atandt-issues-official-statement-on-slingplayers-3g-blackout-for/http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/05/12/atandt-issues-official-statement-on-slingplayers-3g-blackout-for/I guess that would violate the terms, so off it should go too...

So much for YouTube, assuming you can watch www.youtube.com/shows
how can that be any diff than say slingbox?

]]>May 12th 2009 8:18PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2009/05/12/atandt-issues-official-statement-on-slingplayers-3g-blackout-for/http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/05/12/atandt-issues-official-statement-on-slingplayers-3g-blackout-for/May 12th 2009 8:27PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2009/05/12/atandt-issues-official-statement-on-slingplayers-3g-blackout-for/http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/05/12/atandt-issues-official-statement-on-slingplayers-3g-blackout-for/
Good post, Chris! That scumbag that runs BGR could never bring his shamelessly fanboyish ass to tell it like it is about AT&T!]]>May 12th 2009 8:24PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2009/05/12/atandt-issues-official-statement-on-slingplayers-3g-blackout-for/http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/05/12/atandt-issues-official-statement-on-slingplayers-3g-blackout-for/May 12th 2009 9:36PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2009/05/12/atandt-issues-official-statement-on-slingplayers-3g-blackout-for/http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/05/12/atandt-issues-official-statement-on-slingplayers-3g-blackout-for/May 12th 2009 8:29PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2009/05/12/atandt-issues-official-statement-on-slingplayers-3g-blackout-for/http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/05/12/atandt-issues-official-statement-on-slingplayers-3g-blackout-for/May 12th 2009 8:47PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2009/05/12/atandt-issues-official-statement-on-slingplayers-3g-blackout-for/http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/05/12/atandt-issues-official-statement-on-slingplayers-3g-blackout-for/May 12th 2009 9:03PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2009/05/12/atandt-issues-official-statement-on-slingplayers-3g-blackout-for/http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/05/12/atandt-issues-official-statement-on-slingplayers-3g-blackout-for/May 12th 2009 9:29PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2009/05/12/atandt-issues-official-statement-on-slingplayers-3g-blackout-for/http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/05/12/atandt-issues-official-statement-on-slingplayers-3g-blackout-for/May 12th 2009 9:37PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2009/05/12/atandt-issues-official-statement-on-slingplayers-3g-blackout-for/http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/05/12/atandt-issues-official-statement-on-slingplayers-3g-blackout-for/May 12th 2009 9:32PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2009/05/12/atandt-issues-official-statement-on-slingplayers-3g-blackout-for/http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/05/12/atandt-issues-official-statement-on-slingplayers-3g-blackout-for/May 12th 2009 10:09PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2009/05/12/atandt-issues-official-statement-on-slingplayers-3g-blackout-for/http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/05/12/atandt-issues-official-statement-on-slingplayers-3g-blackout-for/
Nothing can be more obvious than the truth, ATT's 3G network is absolutely horrendous and people are starting to notice! They can and will limit anything that will slow down their network, including bumping people down to 2G when in a 3G coverage area so that even the calls continue to route.

What good is having full bars when you cant use the service for what you really want to do?!?!?]]>May 12th 2009 10:20PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2009/05/12/atandt-issues-official-statement-on-slingplayers-3g-blackout-for/http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/05/12/atandt-issues-official-statement-on-slingplayers-3g-blackout-for/AT&T has long had a problem. They have no capability to plan. They force the end-users into increasingly restrictive Terms of Service due to their inadequate network, and they have an inability to enhance their network.

AT&T is more worried about the quarterly profit than keeping customers happy and growing their network. They don't realize that Verizon has a better network, and they keep customers BECAUSE their network is better.
]]>May 12th 2009 11:16PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2009/05/12/atandt-issues-official-statement-on-slingplayers-3g-blackout-for/http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/05/12/atandt-issues-official-statement-on-slingplayers-3g-blackout-for/
I think the article has it right, AT&T is concerned that their network would crash and everybody would have problems. Not have a true Slingbox experience only upsets a couple of people.

I think everyone has to face it, you won't get the full experience you want until LTE comes out with higher bandwidth. I would be willing to bet that Apple is interested in Verizon as much for the earlier move to LTE as they are to the extra customers.]]>May 13th 2009 10:34AMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2009/05/12/atandt-issues-official-statement-on-slingplayers-3g-blackout-for/http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/05/12/atandt-issues-official-statement-on-slingplayers-3g-blackout-for/Fair is Fair after all.]]>May 12th 2009 10:39PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2009/05/12/atandt-issues-official-statement-on-slingplayers-3g-blackout-for/http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/05/12/atandt-issues-official-statement-on-slingplayers-3g-blackout-for/May 12th 2009 10:45PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2009/05/12/atandt-issues-official-statement-on-slingplayers-3g-blackout-for/http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/05/12/atandt-issues-official-statement-on-slingplayers-3g-blackout-for/
Ten bucks says that AT&T will offer (at some point) their own sh*te service based off of U-verse or some DVR-based content, where they will happily let you watch that service.

AT&T's network does blow. Why spend the money hyping the capability if you're going to turn and run.

Now for the million dollar question. Will Sling be able to sell a 3G version in other countries that have real networks - like the UK - instead of what passes as "3G" here?

And by the way, if you decide to jailbreak your iPhone, there is a way to get around this.

]]>May 12th 2009 10:51PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2009/05/12/atandt-issues-official-statement-on-slingplayers-3g-blackout-for/http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/05/12/atandt-issues-official-statement-on-slingplayers-3g-blackout-for/May 12th 2009 11:28PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2009/05/12/atandt-issues-official-statement-on-slingplayers-3g-blackout-for/http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/05/12/atandt-issues-official-statement-on-slingplayers-3g-blackout-for/May 13th 2009 3:15PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2009/05/12/atandt-issues-official-statement-on-slingplayers-3g-blackout-for/http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/05/12/atandt-issues-official-statement-on-slingplayers-3g-blackout-for/
I will be leaving one star with an explanation in the app store without purchasing the app. My way of boycotting.]]>May 13th 2009 1:44PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2009/05/12/atandt-issues-official-statement-on-slingplayers-3g-blackout-for/http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/05/12/atandt-issues-official-statement-on-slingplayers-3g-blackout-for/May 13th 2009 1:59AMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2009/05/12/atandt-issues-official-statement-on-slingplayers-3g-blackout-for/http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/05/12/atandt-issues-official-statement-on-slingplayers-3g-blackout-for/
I was going to go out and purchase a brand spanking new Sling Box, just so I could use it on my mobile. Count me as one potential customer lost.]]>May 13th 2009 2:03AMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2009/05/12/atandt-issues-official-statement-on-slingplayers-3g-blackout-for/http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/05/12/atandt-issues-official-statement-on-slingplayers-3g-blackout-for/May 13th 2009 11:02AMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2009/05/12/atandt-issues-official-statement-on-slingplayers-3g-blackout-for/http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/05/12/atandt-issues-official-statement-on-slingplayers-3g-blackout-for/May 13th 2009 4:50AMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2009/05/12/atandt-issues-official-statement-on-slingplayers-3g-blackout-for/http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/05/12/atandt-issues-official-statement-on-slingplayers-3g-blackout-for/
Here's a thread over at the Sling forums, where a user breaks down the actual math - 350kbps equals about 40hrs of TV per month. Not bad.

http://www.slingcommunity.com/forum/thread/26523/Overhaul-of-AT-T-Mobile-Data-Plans-could-affect-SlingPlayer-Mobile-users/]]>May 13th 2009 10:41AMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2009/05/12/atandt-issues-official-statement-on-slingplayers-3g-blackout-for/http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/05/12/atandt-issues-official-statement-on-slingplayers-3g-blackout-for/

]]>May 13th 2009 7:49AMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2009/05/12/atandt-issues-official-statement-on-slingplayers-3g-blackout-for/http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/05/12/atandt-issues-official-statement-on-slingplayers-3g-blackout-for/May 13th 2009 10:35AMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2009/05/12/atandt-issues-official-statement-on-slingplayers-3g-blackout-for/http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/05/12/atandt-issues-official-statement-on-slingplayers-3g-blackout-for/
this is total lameness on the part of At&t and should be flagged by someone, because they're limiting their competitors products while promoting theirs.
]]>May 13th 2009 10:41AMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2009/05/12/atandt-issues-official-statement-on-slingplayers-3g-blackout-for/http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/05/12/atandt-issues-official-statement-on-slingplayers-3g-blackout-for/May 13th 2009 2:24PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2009/05/12/atandt-issues-official-statement-on-slingplayers-3g-blackout-for/http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/05/12/atandt-issues-official-statement-on-slingplayers-3g-blackout-for/May 13th 2009 9:55PM