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AT&T's new self-proclaimed "blogger guy" Seth Bloom has been tasked with damage control celcom broadband wireless malaysia the face of AT&T's recent wireless network congestion PR problems. While Bloom put a welcome human face on a company that's traditionally seen as anything but during the iPhone 3GS launch, he's now being asked cable internet phone play PR point guard on what's becoming an increasingly volatile public relations problem for AT&T. It's a problem fueled by high prices, poor connectivity, missing functionality, and slow speeds.

As we noted yesterday, AT&T's finally given a September 25 launch date for bringing belated (an understatement) MMS functionality to the iPhone. To accompany AT&T's announcement, the carrier posted a new YouTube video featuring Bloom that insists the carrier is listening to your complaints, with Bloom repeating the company's now familiar statement that they're busy upgrading both backhaul and tower capacity. Judging from the YouTube comments, people aren't exactly buying the "apology:"

Says another annoyed user:Says a somewhat less elegant commenter:AT&T could have done what most organizations or individuals who don't like criticism do: disable comments or remain mute. Other than that, there's only a few things AT&T can do to mitigate what's becoming an increasingly large PR stink: get the network upgraded streamyx contact number quickly as possible (which they say they're doing), and allow users to start tethering (which they say is coming, though they refuse to say when).

Most of our users clearly understand that upgrading a network is both hard and expensive, but with the kind of quarterly data and SMS revenues AT&T generates, that excuse was always a little thin. It's growing increasingly so for iPhone customers who can't complete calls on major U.S. interstates, or can't retain solid 3G connectivity while walking down fifth avenue.
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