> In an odd move, AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson said at an investor conference on Tuesday that the iPad would be primarily a “Wi-Fi driven device.” This despite Apple’s plans to release a 3G-enabled version that will run on AT&T’s own network.
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> “My expectation is that there’s not going to be a lot of people out there looking for another subscription,” [Reuters reports him saying](http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6214NY20100303?type=technologyNews).
via [macworld.com](http://www.macworld.com/article/146823/2010/03/stephenson_ipad.html?lsrc=rss_main)
In other words, AT&T doesn’t expect the iPad to have an impact on the 3D bandwidth issues they’ve been plagued with for years. And thus they are doing nothing to prepare for any possible impact.
Never underestimate the stupidity of public statements from AT&T. It’s not that I’m surprised the CEO feels this way. That much is obvious to anyone. It’s that his handlers are dumb enough to let him make statements like this.
Maybe Lewis Black is right, and the only difference between the old days and today is that business and government no longer try to hide the fact that they’re screwing us. They’ve always done this stuff, but they used to try to hide it.
There’s just such an insane sense of arrogance going on these days.
