Joy of joys, it seems that Skype has been granted AT&T’s blessing and will be able to use their broadband network for VoIP calls after all. Unfortunately, it seems that AT&T’s network for broadband usage remains in the toilet.

But their horrid user experience hardly stops there. No, my wife who is visiting family in Northwest Montana discovered that she had to use her mom’s mobile phone using a competing carrier as AT&T service was so bad, even the clock wasn’t working correctly, much less having any data or voice service. AT&T needs to have its plug pulled as far as I am concerned.

How does AT&T react to the user frustrations? Apparently due to their amazing lack of future planning while choosing to take on the responsibility of being the exclusive iPhone provider here in the states, AT&T is looking to “manage” their broadband usage with what sure sounds like could potentially be heavy throttling. Hey, look at the cable companies…it worked well enough for them.

Speaking for myself, once my contract with AT&T comes due to end here in a little over a year, I will be moving on. AT&T, as for your broadband issues, either stop supporting the iPhone and charging through the roof for data usage or fix the damned call-dropping/poor connectivity issues.