Michelle Steiner

While I was at the mall today, at about 1:30 PM, I passed the Apple Store;
there were six people waiting on line outside the store to buy an iPhone 4S.

Both AT&T and Sprint said they broke all first-day records; Sprint had done
so by 1 PM, Eastern Time, but it took T&T until 4:30 (activations, not
sales, though), probably because their previous record was higher than
Sprint's.

No word from Verion yet, though.

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Your Name

In article <michelle-25D08F.19110414102011@news.eternal-september.org>,
Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> wrote:

> ... but it took T&T until 4:30 (activations, not sales, though),
> probably because their previous record was higher than Sprint's.

There's also reportedly problems with the activation servers being
overloaded which would slow down the rate of activation.

Mike Wilcox

On 10/14/11 7:33 PM, in article
yourname-1510111533470001@203-118-18...dyn.ihug.co.nz, "Your Name"
<yourname@yourisp.com> wrote:

> In article <michelle-25D08F.19110414102011@news.eternal-september.org>,
> Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> wrote:
>
>> ... but it took T&T until 4:30 (activations, not sales, though),
>> probably because their previous record was higher than Sprint's.
>
> There's also reportedly problems with the activation servers being
> overloaded which would slow down the rate of activation.

I can tell you that the problems with the activation servers were prevalent,
indeed. Started trying to activate two phones at 10:00 Pacific and finally
got activated at 4:00. Despite many attempts, a visit to an AT&T store, and
a call to AT&T. The response to the call was "Our servers are overloaded. A
lot of people got new phones today." Really? I hadn't heard that was coming.
AT&T has a history of not adequately preparing their infrastructure for new
iPhones.

Mike

Michelle Steiner

In article <CABE4BB0.35643%mjwilcox12@gmail.com>,
Mike Wilcox <mjwilcox12@gmail.com> wrote:

> Really? I hadn't heard that was coming. AT&T has a history of not
> adequately preparing their infrastructure for new iPhones.

They activated twice as many iPhone 4S phones today as they did the first
day of sale for the iPhone 4. I don't think that anyone could have
predicted that great an increase.

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People's Democratic Republic is to Democracy.

Mike Jacoubowsky

"Mike Wilcox" <mjwilcox12@gmail.com> wrote in message
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>
>
>
> On 10/14/11 7:33 PM, in article
> yourname-1510111533470001@203-118-18...dyn.ihug.co.nz, "Your
> Name"
> <yourname@yourisp.com> wrote:
>
>> In article
>> <michelle-25D08F.19110414102011@news.eternal-september.org>,
>> Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> wrote:
>>
>>> ... but it took T&T until 4:30 (activations, not sales, though),
>>> probably because their previous record was higher than Sprint's.
>>
>> There's also reportedly problems with the activation servers being
>> overloaded which would slow down the rate of activation.
>
> I can tell you that the problems with the activation servers were
> prevalent,
> indeed. Started trying to activate two phones at 10:00 Pacific and
> finally
> got activated at 4:00. Despite many attempts, a visit to an AT&T
> store, and
> a call to AT&T. The response to the call was "Our servers are
> overloaded. A
> lot of people got new phones today." Really? I hadn't heard that was
> coming.
> AT&T has a history of not adequately preparing their infrastructure
> for new
> iPhones.
>
> Mike

I had all sorts of issues trying to activate mine, searched the 'net,
tried to do it on-line many, many times. Phone kept saying "no signal"
but never gave me one of the "activation" messages. Finally I gave up
and called the phone number listed on the email AT&T sent when they gave
me the tracking number for the phone. Took about two minutes going
through the menus and providing the relevant info. Turned the phone off
for 5 minutes, like it said to, turned it back on and voila, all was
well.

--Mike-- Chain Reaction Bicycles
www.ChainReactionBicycles.com

John Doe

Just in case anybody wants to know who started the thread,
later, after Google Groups removes her no-archive posts.

What a freaking jerk.


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> While I was at the mall today, at about 1:30 PM, I passed the Apple Store;
> there were six people waiting on line outside the store to buy an iPhone 4S.
>
> Both AT&T and Sprint said they broke all first-day records; Sprint had done
> so by 1 PM, Eastern Time, but it took T&T until 4:30 (activations, not
> sales, though), probably because their previous record was higher than
> Sprint's.
>
> No word from Verion yet, though.
>
> --
> Tea Party Patriots is to Patriotism as
> People's Democratic Republic is to Democracy.
>
>

Michelle Steiner

In article <4e992562$0$9689$c3e8da3$1cbc7475@news.astraweb.co m>,
John Doe <jdoe@usenetlove.invalid> wrote:

> What a freaking jerk.

You certainly are.

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People's Democratic Republic is to Democracy.

JF Mezei

Michelle Steiner wrote:
> While I was at the mall today, at about 1:30 PM, I passed the Apple Store;

Like any good member of the Church of Apple should do :-)




> there were six people waiting on line outside the store to buy an iPhone 4S.


Back when the 4 came out last year, at least in Canada, there was huge
lines of people at the stores and lack of stock at many.

I wonder if Apple made itself much more efficient to be able to process
people quicker, or whether the flow of people is reduced with higher
internet orders ?

Wes Groleau

On 10-15-2011 12:53, JF Mezei wrote:
> Michelle Steiner wrote:
>> While I was at the mall today, at about 1:30 PM, I passed the Apple Store;
>
> Like any good member of the Church of Apple should do :-)

Wouldn't a "good" member go in instead of passing?

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JF Mezei

Wes Groleau wrote:
> On 10-15-2011 12:53, JF Mezei wrote:
>> Michelle Steiner wrote:
>>> While I was at the mall today, at about 1:30 PM, I passed the Apple Store;
>>
>> Like any good member of the Church of Apple should do :-)
>
> Wouldn't a "good" member go in instead of passing?

Entering the Church of Apple not needed if Michelle gave at the office
:-)

(reference to "Airplane !!!")