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iPhone 4 Pre-Orders Bring Down Servers and Generate Long Lines

not grandfathered into unlimited data plan!

frozencarbonite said:
Yes, AT&T said we are grandfathered in. Did you order online? I went to a store because I figured something would mess up with my account if I ordered online.

I will be pissed if I lose my unlimited plan. I go over 2GB every month. The local sales rep said that I would be able to keep it, but if something screwy goes on, they will feel the wrath.
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i lost my grandfathered plan!! but they said it was because i didn't have an iphone already and had an "unlimited data and messaging plan" (which i added about two weeks ago to my "dumb phone" - not even a BB or anything, just a regular "stupid" phone. I was assured that it wouldn't matter (by ATT cust serv, local store, etc,) but in the end, it did! so i added the plan to my dumb phone for no reason (i was going to eat the extra cost for two or three weeks to be grandfathered! but then, when i pre-odered my iphone i was told that i had to choose a "smart phone/iphon" data plan that is an "unlimited data plan" without messaging so it was a different type of plan that i had to sign up for and had to add the messaging separately. there was nothing i could do or the system wouldn't let me proceed! at least its $5 cheaper if I don't go over. I wish data had a rollover option! did anyone else get forced out of the $30 unlimited plan and if so, did you already have an iphone or a "dumb" phone? i guess the reps i spoke to in the past didn't know the difference between the phones/plan.
 
Haha, people can't even wait a bit..Jesus.

Apple shot themselves in the foot for promising June 24th delivery. I bet you it's going to be backordered.
 
fliptastic said:
i lost my grandfathered plan!! but they said it was because i didn't have an iphone already and had an "unlimited data and messaging plan" (which i added about two weeks ago to my "dumb phone" - not even a BB or anything, just a regular "stupid" phone. I was assured that it wouldn't matter (by ATT cust serv, local store, etc,) but in the end, it did! so i added the plan to my dumb phone for no reason (i was going to eat the extra cost for two or three weeks to be grandfathered! but then, when i pre-odered my iphone i was told that i had to choose a "smart phone/iphon" data plan that is an "unlimited data plan" without messaging so it was a different type of plan that i had to sign up for and had to add the messaging separately. there was nothing i could do or the system wouldn't let me proceed! at least its $5 cheaper if I don't go over. I wish data had a rollover option! did anyone else get forced out of the $30 unlimited plan and if so, did you already have an iphone or a "dumb" phone? i guess the reps i spoke to in the past didn't know the difference between the phones/plan.
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Can you be a bit more descriptive? Was this through ATT or Apple? Was this pickup or shipping?
 
Blizzardman said:
Can you be a bit more descriptive? Was this through ATT or Apple? Was this pickup or shipping?
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ordered through att retail store! chose shipping but in-store pick-upwould have meant the same thing. just another chance for a long line and system issues. at least if i'm at home, i can chill out and wait unti the systems are up but will still have the phone in-hand.
 
I think they, AT&T/Apple, would be better off hiring mass amount of street vendors to sell their products like hotdogs on days like this. :D

"Yo, buddy - give me a 32gig long one w/ a cheesy pretzel.

Whats dat? $299 w/ a 2 year contract? Okay, let me tell ya how its going to go down. I'm gonna give ya $250, cash, for a upgrade on a 1 year commitment... or I'll break ya fingas.

That's what I thought - ring me up - he're my money":cool:
 
vsedey said:
Hey guys, i called radioshack and they took my information on the phone and they even checked my upgrade eligibility on the phone as well. You can confirm with them by getting Radioshack to give you the PIN number once the pre-order goes through: I have 2 PIN number because I reserved 2 iPhone 4. Here are my PIN numbers: 2200000033989, 2200000041164. LET ME KNOW IF ANYONE ELSE HAS ANY LUCK CALLING RADIOSHACK AND PRE-ORDERING WITH THEM!!
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UMM - Those WERE your PIN numbers. Now they can be used by anyone. You might want to edit your post and take those out.
 
It works!!

I just been trying since 10am to pre-order on the apple web site and It finally worked no problem!!! it gave me my conformation and everything. go try!:D:D:D
 
I've posted in the other thread as well, but for those that are monitoring this thread: the Apple online store is moving now. I've been trying on and off today and it finally worked. Moved pretty fast through AT&T confirmation screens, but timed out after I had added it to cart. However, I was able to reclick on my cart and check out without any problems for June 24 delivery.
 
applephysci said:
I've posted in the other thread as well, but for those that are monitoring this thread: the Apple online store is moving now. I've been trying on and off today and it finally worked. Moved pretty fast through AT&T confirmation screens, but timed out after I had added it to cart. However, I was able to reclick on my cart and check out without any problems for June 24 delivery.
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Worked for me as well. Had the same problem you did at first, but it finally went though. Had to use Safari; wouldn't work when I was using Chrome. Weird.
 
xgman said:
As one who has waited twice in the opening day iphone line, why on earth would anyone choose to wait in any sort of line when you can get it shipped to you on the same day as the wait? :confused:
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I'm just assuming that launch day will also have some heavy duty iTunes/AT&T network backup. I'd rather be standing inside an Apple store with Apple store employees helping me than waiting on hold for hours if I have a problem at home.

Also, there's the whole waiting in line experience!
 
IBradMac said:
Just wait until June 24th. This is only the tip of the iceberg.
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i know :( i hope it gets better but doubt it will. Now the website says the phone wont ship till july 2! But my e-mail says it delivers on the 24th. I better get my :apple:phone on launch!
 
tlevier said:
I disagree. I'm only speculating because I have no sources, but it feels like Apple may have wanted to get on VZ in September, and to convince AT&T to do that, they had to jump through some hurdles. I bet Apple is incenting AT&T to the early upgrades so AT&T can lock in more of their current customers prior to a Sept VZ iPhone. It's all speculation, but it feels like this is all happening because something is moving behind the scenes.

I bet we see an iPod event in September with "One More Thing...Verizon".
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I have been saying the same thing since they announce the push up of eligibility by up to 6 months. I think it will be later then September personally but it will be coming soon, definitely before iPhone 5. Moving up the date is all an idea of ATT and not Apple. There has to be something ATT is getting out of moving them up and it has to be to get everyone to upgrade and lock in for 2 years before another carrier gets the iPhone. If they jump ship before those two years, they get the $300 early termination fee.
 
twoodcc said:
yeah the pre-orders didn't go too well.
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The pre-orders went well. The server capacity to handle unprecedented demand did not. BTW these are companies that sell servers, service servers, have a ton of servers and have amazing bandwidth installed. I wonder if this is big?

I saw a commercial in the LA market a couple of years ago where a company goes live on a website for a new product and they have a real-time order counter. The team gathers around as the counter ticks slowly, then ramps up, causing interest, then ramps another order of magnitude causing joy, and another order of magnitude causing celebration, and another order of magnitude causing *GULP*.

Apple, AT&T and three other outlets experienced *GULP*.

The internet still sucks for surge usage and someone besides me should fix that. ;)

Rocketman
 
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