AT&T announces plans to expand netbook sales nationwide
By Donald Melanson 
posted May 19th 2009 5:38PM
posted May 19th 2009 5:38PM
It wasn't exactly hard to see this one coming, but AT&T has now officially announced that it'll soon be making 3G-equipped netbooks available at AT&T stores throughout the US (and on its website), following what the carrier has deemed to be a "successful" trial run in Atlanta and Philadelphia back in April. While complete details are still a bit light, AT&T will apparently be offering most if not all of the same netbooks that were available during that trial period, including various models from Acer, Dell and Lenovo. Unfortunately, AT&T also isn't getting any more specific than "this summer" in terms of a rollout date, and it's not ready to announce any pricing either, although the netbooks sold for as little as $49 in Atlanta and $99 in Philly (where AT&T wasn't able to rely on its residential DSL to further defer the costs).
What about the other carriers, they should start doing this too.. :P
Yeah, but without the bandwidth cap.
Verizon did. But why not Asus and HP?
Hey do you think they will block sling? :/
they dont need to block it, because they'll be chargin your life's worth for it.
I'd just buy a $1000 laptop and steal my neighbor's wifi and still end up with more money...
In uk you pay 29$ for unlimited 3G use
In America you pay 49$ for 5GB limit lolz
FOR ONCE UK IS AHEAD OF AMERICA IN SOMETHING WOOOT
Limit only applies for computer data plans; still unlimited for phones—which means we can tether :)
RadioShack has been offering an Acer Aspire ONE with integrated 3G capability for a few months. Price is $50 with 2-yr activation.
Old. News.
(full disclosure - I work for RadioShack)
Yeah, but this one is only $49. 100 cents cheaper.
We're in a recession here. Sheesh.
AT&T.com has been offering this for a long time too... sorta... If you look at the site, when you search for a device there is a filter for "mini laptop" along with slider, flip, blah,blah. but if you pick to show only those devices... ta da...blank screen. This has been there for at least the last 6 months..Guess this is where the netbooks will go.
@DR House
Yah, unfortunately those of us in the states are still behind when it comes to the internet.
@Bill
I think the news is the fact that it's global. Everyone knows it's been going on for months here in the US.
oops I misread story... nm about global
Hey ATT... how about you expand your fucking network instead?
Well, they better deploy 3G to more areas first. In Greenville, NC both Sprint and Verizon have had 3G services here for a couple of years yet AT&T does not. I recall AT&T saying a few years ago they planned to roll it out anytime. Well, AT&T... anytime has come and gone!