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December 16th, 2009, 01:20
http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/4/2009/12/500x_atthello.jpgWe've told you about Operation Chokehold (http://gizmodo.com/5426142/operation-chokehold-a-plan-to-destroy-att-this-friday), the attack on AT&T's network scheduled for Friday, but now AT&T has something to say about as well. They're not exactly happy and throw around words like "irresponsible," "pointless," and "nothing amusing." Ouch!
This is what an AT&T spokesperson contacted by Cult of Mac said about the plot:
We understand that fakesteve.net is primarily a satirical forum, but there is nothing amusing about advocating that customers attempt to deliberately degrade service on a network that provides critical communications services for more than 80 million customers. We know that the vast majority of customers will see this action for what it is: an irresponsible and pointless scheme to draw attention to a blog.
I sincerely doubt that this statement will affect Operation Chokehold (http://gizmodo.com/tag/operationchokehold/)'s attempt to make the AT&T network pee its panties as it runs crying to mama, but I suppose we'll see what happens this Friday.
I think I'll have a non-AT&T phone ready, just in case my iPhone data starts crawling at an even slower pace than usual. [Cult of Mac (http://www.cultofmac.com/att-responds-to-fake-steves-operation-chokehold/23509)]
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This is what an AT&T spokesperson contacted by Cult of Mac said about the plot:
We understand that fakesteve.net is primarily a satirical forum, but there is nothing amusing about advocating that customers attempt to deliberately degrade service on a network that provides critical communications services for more than 80 million customers. We know that the vast majority of customers will see this action for what it is: an irresponsible and pointless scheme to draw attention to a blog.
I sincerely doubt that this statement will affect Operation Chokehold (http://gizmodo.com/tag/operationchokehold/)'s attempt to make the AT&T network pee its panties as it runs crying to mama, but I suppose we'll see what happens this Friday.
I think I'll have a non-AT&T phone ready, just in case my iPhone data starts crawling at an even slower pace than usual. [Cult of Mac (http://www.cultofmac.com/att-responds-to-fake-steves-operation-chokehold/23509)]
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