4G Wars: AT&T Takes it to Facebook, Then T-Mobile Launches Strong Counterattack
It’s heating up! AT&T’s decided to dump the canned response they gave yesterday and take the fight to the stree– I mean to Facebook! AT&T reassured all of their fans that their network was bigger, better, and faster with the following message:
“Hey Fans! You may have seen T-Mobile smack talking our network (seriously TMo?) and calling their HSPA+ network “4G” in order to claim they have the largest “4G” network. Not so fast…we have 180 million folks on HSPA+ already…40 million more than they do. They also claim 200 million by year’s end, but we’ll have it to 250 million this month. So their network isn’t any bigger or faster. Just calling ‘em as we see ‘em.”
T-Mobile wasn’t having that, though. Their plan of attack was smart here as they mentioned the biggest thing AT&T Wireless is known for: the iPhone. What’s a high-speed data network if the precious iPhone can’t take advantage of it? (or ANY phone for that matter.)
“Hey AT&T – It is easy for us to be proud when we have the 4G network to back it up. We challenge you to show us any data speeds on an AT&T iPhone that can top the speed on T-Mobile’s myTouch 4G. But you don’t have to take our word for it. Check out these amazing speed test screenshots from our T-Mobile fans:http://goo.gl/P0wk3“
Ooooh, that one had to hurt. Stay tuned as this vicious, bloody, and gory battle rages on.
[via A&M]