I *finally* got my 3G iPhone at the Rockingham mall Apple store! The
Apple store employee told me that AT&T's activation servers were down,
so he simply sold me the iPhone without activating it and told me I'd
need to connect it to iTunes when I got home. I'm home now and my new
3G iPhone is connected and I'm restoring the back-up of my 1st
generation iPhone to it right now…
I am officially tired.
What a run-around so far today! The AT&T servers keep going down and
the line stalls periodically. I'm calling this poor planning overall –
it doesn't appear that AT&T beefed up their systems anywhere close to
the level needed for this launch. What a disappointment. I hope some
heads roll from this fiasco because someone certainly didn't do their
job in planning for this.
Ugh!
Well, I am sad (and a bit embarrassed) to say that I had to go to the
AT&T store instead. At the Apple store, they announced that if you
have any corporate or school discount applied to your account, they
would be unable to activate an iPhone for you. I knew that business
accounts couldn't be handled at Apple stores, but mine is a personal
account with a discount through my company applied to it and I didnt
think that would be an issue. But, apparently I was wrong. 🙁
Almost time!
The line is still growing and it's almost time!
Line update
Some employees have come out to explain the purchasing process,
eligibility, and hand out plan cost fliers.
