Ron Schenone

Will Operation Chokehold Bring AT&T To Their Knees?

Posted by on Dec 16, 2009 | 3 Comments

Over at The Fake Diary of Steve Jobs there is a protest scheduled for December 18, 2009, Friday at high noon PST. The protest is against AT&T and their remarks that their network slows down because some users hog bandwidth. Recently though AT&T has promised users in San Francisco and New York more bandwidth after thousands have complained of poor service in those areas.

Here is what the protest will be:

Subject: Operation Chokehold
On Friday, December 18, at noon Pacific time, we will attempt to overwhelm the AT&T data network and bring it to its knees. The goal is to have every iPhone user (or as many as we can) turn on a data intensive app and run that app for one solid hour. Send the message to AT&T that we are sick of their substandard network and sick of their abusive comments. THe idea is we’ll create a digital flash mob. We’re calling it in Operation Chokehold. Join us and speak truth to power!

AT&T is labeling this as nothing more than a stunt and is dismissing it. As well they should. After all, users of the AT&T network should feel privileged to be paying for spotty service. Isn’t that the American way? Steal from the consumer to line your own pockets.

What do you think? Will this type of protest get the attention of AT&T or is it just a waste of time?

Comments welcome.

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  • mhz

    Now THAT is funny. They’re gonna stick-it-to-the-man! By… well by performing a denial of service attack against….against….themselves.

    “I’ll show them! I’ll make it so that my service goes from bad to worse! Instead of slow web pages, I’ll make it so I get NO web pages! With any luck maybe I’ll damage a piece of their equipment that I’ll need to use tomorrow! I’ll stick-it-to-MYSELF!!! That’ll teach em!”

    No wonder ATT feels like it can jerk them around. They’re actually completely stupid! They’ll punish themselves by blocking all of their own services, and that of their friends. Then they’ll point at ATT and complain about it.

    I’ll bet the idea originated from one of those stupid “tell all your friends” email messages. Some elementary school kid is gonna have a great story to tell! “I sent a spam message asking ATT users to shut themselves down, and they did it !!!”

    It’s the most ridiculous strategy I have ever heard.

  • http://wp3.lockergnome.com/nexus/blade/ Ron Schenone

    Hi mhz,
    Great points. Kind of like shooting yourself in the foot! LOL

  • http://dontknow your mama

    well i dont think it’s going to work because att has back up services, do you really think this hasn’t happen already with people just tryinjg to use their phone on a day to day, you guys are stupid and this prank is a waste of time i hope you all need your phones tomorrow and then can’t make a phone call, what you going to do then? and what if your going to need to dial 911, or what if someone u know that needs to dial 911 hope you all get kicked in the ass for this lol